"We Can't Work at 40°C with Children": Stronger, Earlier, the Heat Wave Slams French Schools, Poorly Adapted to the High Heats

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Even before summer and the big holidays begin, France has been living for several days its second major heat wave of the year. In Paris, the classrooms – most of which are more than thirty years old – are overheating. French schools are very largely unsuitable for this new situation"After the first heat wave of May, I did not expect a second one to arrive so quickly." While Parisian students are undergoing a new heat wave, Marie, a teacher in th…