The Snalc, for its part, supports "100%" the mobilization of...
These acts of violence are taking place amid a high-school student mobilization that began in mid-September in France.
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Key facts
The SNALC also supports “100%” the mobilization of principals, who have been invited to gather on Friday at 3 p.m. outside their high schools to…
These acts of violence are taking place amid a high-school student mobilization that began in mid-September in France. The head of government’s…
Among the adults implicated, some are in particular suspected of having supplied firework mortars to high-school students, according to franceinfo.
The SNALC also supports “100%” the mobilization of principals, who have been invited to gather on Friday at 3 p.m. outside their high schools to protest against the violence to which some of them have been subjected.
These acts of violence are taking place amid a high-school student mobilization that began in mid-September in France. The head of government’s remarks target adults within the school system, and not all staff.
Among the adults implicated, some are in particular suspected of having supplied firework mortars to high-school students, according to franceinfo.
This gathering takes place in a tense climate: the violence denounced by school heads coexists, according to the authorities, with suspicions of complicity targeting some of the adults in the National Education system.
Dig deeper
What is the Snalc?
The National Union of High Schools and Middle Schools is a French union of secondary-school teachers; its support gives the protest by school heads a union channel.
Who are the high-school principals?
They are the heads of high schools, responsible for the life of the school and for the safety of students and staff.
What is meant by firework mortars?
They are pyrotechnic devices whose handover to high-school students is at the heart of the suspicions targeting certain adults in the school system.
What is National Education in this case?
It is France’s public education service: the allegations concern some of its adults, not all staff.
Why does this mobilization matter?
It comes amid a tense climate since mid-September, in which violence against school heads and suspicions of complicity by adults overlap.
What are the high-school principals to do on Friday?
They are invited to gather at 3 p.m. outside their high school to protest the violence suffered by some of them.