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Demonstration in Cachan: “The state of the high school is deplorable, there are rats”, deplores an elected official
This Tuesday, March 5, demonstrators burned trash cans and street furniture in front of the Cachan comprehensive high school. A high school mobilized to denounce the unsanitary conditions of the premises.
(franceinfo)
This Tuesday, March 5, demonstrators burned trash cans and street furniture in front of the Cachan comprehensive high school. A high school mobilized to denounce the unsanitary conditions of the premises.
The Cachan polytechnic high school was blocked this Tuesday March 5 by 200 individuals who set trash cans on fire and sent projectiles at the police. “Individuals arrived with balaclavas, Molotov cocktails, paving stones, fireworks mortars. It smacked of letting off steam on the police. There were elements from certain neighborhoods who came to fight with the police “says Jean-Christophe Couvy, national secretary of the SGP Police FO union.
“We must hear their anger”
An event which takes place in a particular context around the high school. Teachers are demanding renovations to this building which accommodates more than 2,000 students. “This high school is in a deplorable state, as are the conditions in which the students study. Rats are circulating in the corridors, false ceilings are collapsing on the students in the middle of class (…) We must hear their anger. The region is at risk. blame, because she has not responded to her responsibilities for several years”assures Sophie Taillé-Polian, environmentalist deputy (Nupes) of Val-de-Marne
“We have put in place an emergency plan for high schools in order to carry out work in dilapidated establishments. In the Cachan high school, 300,000 euros have been allocated to secure this establishment. Work to improve waterproofing are planned for this summer.specifies James Cheron, UDI vice-president of the Île-de-France region in charge of high schools.
