Since the start of the week, tension has been high at the Joliot-Curie high school in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine). main cause, the abolition of the homework help service angered many high school students. Thursday, October 13 in the morning, they were about fifty to block the doors of the establishment to prevent their 1,600 comrades from going to class. But the blockade quickly escalated. “These individuals violently attacked high school students, passers-by, motorists, as well as the police present”reports theVersailles Academy
in a press release.
Garbage cans were set on fire. Stones, mortars, smoke bombs were then thrown at the police. One of these projectiles injured a police officer in intervention. The sign that this tension is getting bogged down. Last Tuesday, scuffles had already broken out. Fourteen high school students were then arrested. This time, they are two to have been taken away by the police. They will be summoned before the juvenile court for aggravated violence.
School closed Friday
As a precaution, and to prevent new tensions, the Joliot Curie high school
rwill be closed this friday October 14. The Versailles Academy also made several announcements to calm the high school discontent. Homework help will continue. Two teaching assistants will also be “soon to be deployed” for “accompany students who request it”.