State institutions hold no secrets for them.
Eight schoolchildren from Trappes did their third year internship in the prefecture of Versailles this week marked by the words of a professor on the hold of the Islamist movement in the city.
Which had called Trappes a "city definitely lost".
“The novelty this year is that the students went to the field to discuss with professionals in their fields,” explains Raphaël Sidoni, the prefect in charge of equal opportunities.
They visited the Sdis 78 fire station, the town hall of Trappes and the Versailles police station.
"Because of the city's bad image, I'm afraid that later, no one will want to hire me"
“Usually, we see the police below our home, it was interesting to meet them in another context, they were very open to our questions,” says Mariama.
Already interested in these professions, the young girl knows what she wants to do from now on: scientific police officer.
While this week, their city had a strong media exposure, these young people schooled at the Yuri-Gagarin and Le Village colleges do not agree with the description made by Didier Lemaire, the philosophy teacher at the Lycée de la Plaine-de. -Neauphle.
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"Trappes is not just about its difficulties, our city is not the one described on the TV sets", estimates Fatoumata.
For Hidaya, "the people who tell all this about Trappes have never been there".
The teenager now fears being discriminated against: “Because of the city's bad image, I'm afraid that later, no one will want to hire me.
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A curious distribution of leaflets ... in the school
While the teacher has not yet returned to his establishment, the mayor (Génération.s) of Trappes Ali Rabeh went there Thursday morning to distribute leaflets to the students.
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An operation strongly condemned by the Minister of the Interior Jean-Michel Blanquer, who recalls that “the staff and students of an establishment cannot be used for local political purposes”.
As head of high schools, I strongly condemn the scandalous distribution of leaflets by the mayor of #Trappes within the high school of #PlaineDeNeauphle.
Stirring up hatred in our schools is unworthy and dangerous @jmblanquer https://t.co/WtcbPOdiP5
- Valérie Pécresse (@vpecresse) February 12, 2021
“The school must remain free from religious pressures as well as political pressures.
Political and religious neutrality is at the heart of the functioning of the school of the Republic ”, he recalled.
Same shock for the president (Libres!) Of the Ile-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse, in her capacity as manager of high schools, for whom "stirring up hatred in our schools is unworthy and dangerous".
Contacted, the mayor of Trappes did not wish to speak.
Contacted, the mayor of Trappes did not wish to speak.
After police surveillance, the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, announced Thursday that he had offered "close protection" to Didier Lemaire.
The latter plans to stop teaching, "everything depends on the mission that could" be entrusted to him.