French newspaper on French students (high school) protests against the French report on the renewal of the French system

http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2008/04/29/forte-mobilisation-lyceenne-en-province_1039966_3224.html#ens_id=1013456

... here's the english translation of the article - it's a Google translation.

A movement that was hitherto highly concentrated in the greater Paris region, schoolchildren and teachers in province were mobilized in numbers, Tuesday, April 29, to protest against the planned abolition of posts in colleges and high schools

The FIDL estimated that between 40 000 and 50 000 people demonstrated across France, while a breakdown sets by AFP refers to the figure of 30 000. The police had not yet communicated its national estimate in the early evening.

More than thirty cities in Areas A and B have been the scene of parades more or less important.

They were between 3 500 and 4 000 to scroll through the streets of Toulon and Nice, between 1 600 and 3 000 in Tours, between 1 500 and 3 000 in Rouen and between 1 500 and 2 000 in Marseilles. Several hundred demonstrators were also reported in Orleans, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Lille, Besancon, Lyon, Rennes or Chateauroux.

FOUR DAYS OF MOBILIZATION PLANNED IN MAY

In a statement released late in the day, the FIDL said that "the mobilization [Tuesday, April 29] showed that students are increasingly numerous in the streets to reject the government's budgetary logic.  Previously, the Minister of Education, Xavier Darcos, was once again repeated that he would "not the minister who sells". "I will be the minister who will go to the end of reforms," he assured .

The next stage of the trial of strength between the government and students will rise to the occasion processions on 1 May.  The FIDL and UNL have called on students to join the parades, while schools in Area C - which includes the academies of Paris, Bordeaux, Versailles and Créteil - are still on vacation.   A day of mobilization, including the public service, education and high school students is then scheduled on May 15, then a national demonstration on May 18 at the invitation of the FSU, before a new day of action on May 24.