Lycée Saint-Exupéry (Marseille)

Lycée Saint-Exupéry, nicknamed Saint-Ex, is a sixth-form college/senior high school in the 15th arrondissement of Marseille, France.[1]

As of 2013 the attendance zone of Saint-Exupéry covers those of nine different junior high schools (collèges).[2]

History

It began construction in 1957, when there was a "baby boom" in the Marseille area. It was originally called Lycée Nord.[2]

In 2013 Sylvia Zappi of Le Monde described the school as a "lycée ghetto", saying that staff members used that name.[2]

That year former teacher Franck Baillot stated that only poor families attend the school; Zappi stated that wealthier families in the area tried their best to make sure their children did not attend the school. As of 2013 40% of residents in the high school attendance zone who apply to go to sixth-form/senior high through the Affelnet procedure were assigned to Saint-Exupéry, but the school only received 19% of the students who could have applied, based on previous year attendance in the corresponding high school zone.[2]

As of 2015 80 female students, making up about 5% of the student body, remove veils before going to classes.[3]

Teachers went on strike in 2016.[4]

Campus

It includes a boarding (internat) facility.[5]

In 2008 a new wing was added to the building.[2]

References
  1. "Venir au lycée Saint Exupéry ." Lycée Saint-Exupéry. Retrieved on September 26, 2016.
  2. Zappi, Sylvia (2013-06-21). "A Marseille, la résistance d'un " lycée ghetto "". Le Monde. Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2016-09-26.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) () ""Lycée ghetto", le terme énerve dans la salle des professeurs.[...]Fuite vers le privé, demandes de dérogation, déménagement ou envoi en internat, tous les moyens d'évitement scolaire sont mis en œuvre par les familles qui en ont les moyens. "Ceux qui viennent ici ne peuvent pas faire autrement : issus des milieux populaires, ils n'ont pas les ficelles pour fuir", souligne Franck Baillot, ancien professeur."
  3. "À Marseille, un lycée est intransigeant sur la laïcité". France 2/France Télévisions. 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2016-09-26. "Un miroir a même été installé pour les adolescentes qui doivent retirer leur voile. Elles sont donc 5 %, 80 élèves, à suivre le même protocole chaque jour avant de pénétrer dans l'établissement."
  4. Guintini, Sabrina (2016-05-06). "Marseille : une rentrée revendicative se prépare pour le lycée Saint-Exupéry". La Marseillaise. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  5. "L’internat ." Lycée Saint-Exupéry. Retrieved on September 26, 2016.

Further reading
  • (in French) Sur les traces de nos pas, mémoire du quartier entre Saint-André et Saint-Antoine, Lucienne Brun, éditions Consolat Mirabeau Services, 2008,ISBN 978-2953297300.

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