Lycée Saint-Exupéry, nicknamed Saint-Ex, is a sixth-form college/senior high school in the
15th arrondissement
15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16.
Mathematics
15 is:
* A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and .
* A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky number, a pernicious num ...
of
Marseille
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,
France
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.
the attendance zone of Saint-Exupéry covers those of nine different junior high schools (collèges).
[ () ""Lycée ghetto", le terme énerve dans la salle des professeurs. ..uite vers le privé, demandes de dérogation, déménagement ou envoi en internat, tous les moyens d'évitement scolaire sont mis en œuvre par les familles qui en ont les moyens. "Ceux qui viennent ici ne peuvent pas faire autrement : issus des milieux populaires, ils n'ont pas les ficelles pour fuir", souligne Franck Baillot, ancien professeur."]
History
It began construction in 1957, when there was a "
baby boom
A baby boom is a period marked by a significant increase of birth rate. This demographic phenomenon is usually ascribed within certain geographical bounds of defined national and cultural populations. People born during these periods are often ca ...
" in the Marseille area. It was originally called Lycée Nord.
[
In 2013 Sylvia Zappi of '']Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...
'' described the school as a "lycée ghetto
A ghetto, often called ''the'' ghetto, is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially as a result of political, social, legal, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished t ...
", saying that staff members used that name.[
That year former teacher Franck Baillot stated that only poor families attend the school; Zappi stated that wealthier families in the area tried their best to make sure their children did not attend the school. 40% of residents in the high school attendance zone who apply to go to sixth-form/senior high through the procedure were assigned to Saint-Exupéry, but the school only received 19% of the students who could have applied, based on previous year attendance in the corresponding high school zone.][
80 female students, making up about 5% of the student body, remove ]veils
A veil is an article of clothing or hanging cloth that is intended to cover some part of the head or face, or an object of some significance. Veiling has a long history in European, Asian, and African societies. The practice has been prominent ...
before going to classes.
Teachers went on strike in 2016.
Campus
It includes a boarding (''internat'') facility.L’internat
" Lycée Saint-Exupéry. Retrieved on September 26, 2016.
In 2008 a new wing was added to the building.[
]
References
Further reading
* ''Sur les traces de nos pas, mémoire du quartier entre Saint-André et Saint-Antoine'', Lucienne Brun, éditions Consolat Mirabeau Services, 2008,.
External links
Lycée Saint-Exupéry
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15th arrondissement of Marseille
Lycées in Marseille