A “secure, green, clean” school, in a district “where hundreds of children come to study in prefabricated buildings”: the socialist mayor of Marseille laid the first stone of an emblematic site on Tuesday, a year after the launch of a vast school renovation plan.
The construction of the school complex on rue Masséna, in the Belle de Mai district (3rd arrondissement), is part of the "Marseille en grand" plan, launched on the initiative of President Emmanuel Macron to make up for the delays incurred by the second city of France in multiple areas.
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Pillar of this plan, education, with the planned renovation of 174 schools out of the 470 in the city, "heavy construction or rehabilitation", detailed Laurent Carrié, delegate prefect for equal opportunities in charge of the plan " Marseille en grande ”, during a press conference on the site.
“An inclusive plan which starts from the observation of the social difficulties experienced by the city, and especially this district with one of the highest poverty rates in Europe”, insisted Laurent Carrié.
The rue Masséna project, costing nearly 15 million euros, will bring together 20 classes but also public facilities that are lacking in the district: media library, toy library, multipurpose room.
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