Brains in turmoil. Overheated students unable to stop the sweat beading on their foreheads. This scene will not only reflect, in the years to come, the intense concentration of our cherubs; it will also be the concrete, physical, almost animal translation of the tropical heat in which some of their classrooms will continue to bathe.
In any case, this is what we can fear when reading the media’s revelations Politico this Thursday, September 3: while the government had ambitiously announced, at the beginning of July, the mobilization of 56 million euros intended to urgently cool the 12,500 schools most vulnerable to the heatwave, it has since largely cooled the atmosphere. 40 million euros would in fact be frozen and withdrawn for the benefit of France’s electrification plan, which the Ministry of Education did not deny this Friday. Which would leave only 16 million euros available, 2,500 beneficiary schools… and sweating, crimson-faced students in the rearview mirror.
Mayors to the rescue
Once again, we are handing the baby over to the mayors, who have become experts in our villages in cooling solutions. Many can now give you a detailed presentation on the differences in price and efficiency between a ceiling fan, an air fan or a solar film. Depending on the state of their classrooms… and the finances of their communities, they have even already taken out the checkbook and done what is most urgent to make their schools livable. As for middle and high school students, don’t worry: their minister, Édouard Geffray, has already announced that all the Brevet and Baccalaureate exams will take place in the morning in 2027. In the fresh air…
