At the canteen of the Lycée Vaucanson, we eat in down jackets.
For several weeks, it has been almost as cold inside as outside.
The staff has gone up and wants to sound the alarm.
“It's become impossible, it's freezing cold in the refectory.
You don't need Omicron to get sick!
quips a staff member who wishes to remain anonymous.
Some of them even keep a register of the temperatures recorded on their arrival in the morning.
It's quite edifying: “January 7: 10.5°C in the goods reception area, 10.7°C in the refectory;
10 January: 9.7°C in reception, 8.6°C in the canteen;
January 17: 7.9°C in reception, 8.3°C in the refectory”, one can read on this document.
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As a result, the students - there were 300 of them on Monday - very often have lunch in down jackets.
Same treatment for teachers and staff members, condemned to meals on the run to avoid the cold snap.
This Monday noon, the temperatures rose a little, reaching 16 ° C at mealtimes.
A lesser evil for the high school employees who denounce the random operation of an old boiler.
An old boiler to be replaced
Every year when it is restarted, the equipment does its own thing, alternating between optimal operation and breakdowns.
And when it breaks down, it does not work all day "and the temperature remains stuck at 9°C-10°C", adds this witness.
Like many schools, this school has signed a maintenance contract with a heating engineer.
And it is to him that the Ile-de-France region, which is in charge of the management of high schools, logically first offered to turn to solve the problem.
A defective part should be changed quickly, we promise the services of the regional council before adding that "the boiler supplying the refectory is dilapidated and the region will soon proceed to its replacement".