« We went from an establishment tolerant to Catholic fundamentalism » – Liberation

Compulsory masses, formal ban on evoking certain social subjects in class, howls in the director’s office, and tears ‘crises in the teachers’ room. For two years, the life of teachers of a private college in Versailles for two years. Each day, 970 college students cross the doors of the Sacred Heart, two streets from the cathedral of the Yvelines prefecture, and not far from the illustrious castle erected in the time of Louis XIV. Until then benefiting from an image of a small family establishment of opening and tolerance, the college has changed its reputation. Teachers describe it today as « Coming closer to a form of Catholic fundamentalism ». The culprit, according to them, of this heavy atmosphere? The head of the establishment, in office since the start of the school year in September 2022.

At the time, his first feats of arms were surprised, without worrying. The former administration is almost entirely replaced by younger and less experienced agents. « Level officials » are renamed « prefects ». And while the choirman who intervenes in college is targeted by a student complaint for sexual abuse, the other three managers of the choir are suddenly thanked, although they are not accused.

It was in the winter of 2023 that relations between management and teachers were really starting to get away. In the Sacred Heart, private establishment under contract with the State, compulsory masses have just been established. Even if a part no