In compliance with French legislation, the headmaster insisted that the student take off her head covering while in class.
Following death threats on social media, he announced his resignation.
Islamist threats to French schools are being taken very seriously in the wake of the deaths of two teachers.
2020 saw the decapitation of Samuel Paty on a Paris suburb’s street, while five months prior, Dominique Bernard was murdered at his Arras school.
The headteacher of the Paris school, whose identity has not been made public, informed colleagues at the Maurice Ravel School by email on Friday of his decision.
“I have finally taken the decision to quit my functions,” he said, “out of concern for my own safety and that of the establishment.”
