In terms of the share of the regional stock selected, Corsica comes first, with more than one in five high schools on the list, followed by Occitanie, with 26 establishments to renovate, or more than one in eight. The list has nonetheless set teeth on edge. The Grand Est region reacted in a statement published Tuesday, November 3.
The government selected 200 public high schools as priority establishments for works, based on reports filed on the Agora platform, open from October 6 to 23 to respond to high school students' anger.
Private high schools, whose buildings fall under their managing organizations and not the regions, were excluded from the ranking, Matignon specifies.
The most frequent grievances concern the dilapidation of buildings, unsanitary toilets, defective heating and a lack of furniture.
The dilapidation of sanitary facilities is especially highlighted in Hauts-de-France, in Paca and in Île-de-France.
The general deterioration of school buildings is denounced there on numerous occasions, as well as heating and sanitary facilities.
Some difficulties are more pronounced depending on the territories. Summer heat appears in more than half of the reports from high schools in Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, versus 31% in Île-de-France. These 200 establishments represent less than 10% of high schools in France, but concentrate nearly 40% of the reports, according to the executive.