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The students are angry about
conditions in high schools. They say there is a
of teachers, overcrowded classrooms,
facilities, and old school buildings. One student said: "There are 35
per class. We don't even have
chairs." Students want more
in education after years of underinvestment. In particular, they want more spending on schools in poorer
. Students say schools in poor areas of Paris get fewer
despite greater educational
. The education minister said there would be "concrete responses" from the
.