More school protest disruption in Haute Savoie

Around 200 students blocked Annecy's lycée Charles-Baudelaire yesterday morning, the latest flare-up in a wave of French school protests over learning conditions

Protesters barricaded both entrances with bins, bike racks and construction barriers once classmates had come out of early-morning lessons.

Firefighters were called to put out a burning bin pushed under a tree in the car park, while police watched from a distance.

The main entrance remains blocked though the crowd has since dispersed for lunch.

A national day of action is planned for tomorrow, and the disruption reaches well beyond Haute-Savoie — Annecy's schools are a daily destination for many families on the Swiss side of the border.

 

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