It’s almost eight o’clock this Tuesday, hundreds of students from the Sévigné high school in Tourcoing are getting ready to go to class. Except that, “ we were asked to stay in the courtyard », says a high school student. A lot of people don’t know the reason. Meanwhile, the high school teachers were meeting to decide whether they would assert their right of withdrawal. The day before, a teacher was attacked by a student during a school trip. At 9:30 a.m., decision is made, there will be no classes today. All students leave the school grounds peacefully.
Arrested in the evening
According to our information, the events took place around 4:25 p.m. A class was returning from a school trip. The teacher who accompanied her then saw that two students coming out of the toilets put on the Islamic veil to leave the school. She asks them to take it off. One complies, the other refuses and begins to insult the teacher. The scene continues around the school. The high school student allegedly pushed her teacher who responded by slapping her. This is where the final year student allegedly hit the teacher several times, particularly to the head and legs. Several high school students reportedly witnessed the scene.
The professor was to file a complaint in the evening. The high school student, aged 18, was arrested at her home and placed in police custody. According to our sources, the school decided to exclude the young girl the same evening before a disciplinary council was held.
On X (formerly Twitter), Gerald DarmaninMP and elected official in Tourcoing, gave his support to the teacher. “Everyone must support our teachers and condemn this violence against the Republic itself. » Same thing for Xavier Bertrandpresident of the Hauts-de-France Region, who recalls that “ secularism is one of the pillars of the School of the Republic, it cannot be negotiated. » For her part, the mayor of Tourcoing Doriane Bécuepublished a press release on his social networks. “ With the municipal team, we are alongside all the teachers, staff and management of the establishment. They have our full support. »
