“All this must stop quickly”: these parents who come to police in front of high schools

After two weeks of vacation, the high school movement has changed its face. On November 2 and 3, the number of high schools blocked in the country was “residual” (around forty, or 1% of the total), in the words of the Minister of Education. The disruptions are concentrated in urban centers, in Paris, Marseille, Rennes, Toulouse and Créteil. But, above all, tension is growing between the diehards, who describe the recent measures announced by the executive as “crumbs”, and those who demand a return to normal. A polarization of positions between students, but also between adults.

Some parents, who are sympathetic to the movement, explain that they are there to protect the students, prevent tensions with the police and excesses. Like at the Ampère high school in Lyon, in front of which around ten volunteers from the Parents collective were present on Monday wearing the white armband, recommended since the beginning of October by Insoumis leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon...