Footage filmed on Monday, November 9, at a high school in Seine-et-Marne shows firework mortars being fired in a classroom, in front of frightened students. These scenes place violence at the very heart of the school, in the middle of classes.
For the school principals who are speaking out, the issue is now the ability to cope with more frequent violence, physical or psychological, in high schools they are finding increasingly difficult to protect.
The images from Seine-et-Marne and Nancy are part of this series of accounts. They show acts that are no longer confined to the vicinity of schools and that affect classrooms and school leadership staff.
Several officials are warning about the recurrence of these incidents. They say many of them have been denouncing, for several days, violence they have witnessed or of which they themselves are victims.
In another video, a school principal is assaulted with a fire extinguisher in Nancy, in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The assault directly targets the head of the school.
School principals have been denouncing, for several days, the increase in violence they witness or suffer in high schools. Assaults, firework-mortar fire and intimidation are adding, they say, to a situation that is increasingly difficult to manage.