France was bracing for nationwide demonstrations on Tuesday after union leaders vowed to join high school students who have spent two weeks blockading their schools over understaffing, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated buildings.

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Meanwhile in France, The Student Revolution has started. Thousands of French students are protesting overcrowded and overheated classrooms, teacher shortages and long days, with demonstrations now affecting more than 600 schools nationwide.

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To put some detail on this, on France Inter a student leader said kids in some Parisian lycées have no working toilets and need to go home to look after period stuff. One girl said she gets constant UTIs from not being able to go. Pretty shameful stuff.

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Since 9/21, high schoolers across France have shut down more than a thousand schools, demanding teachers, smaller classes, and buildings that aren't falling apart. The state answered with tear gas and nearly 2,000 arrests in a single day. Here, a right-wing reporter getting schooled by a HS student

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High school student protests spread across France as tensions escalate

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