Student protests in France have brought attention to the aging infrastructure of high schools, with concerns over overcrowded classrooms, confusing schedules, and problems with the Parcoursup platform, which is used for university admissions. According to statistics from the Ministry of Education, as reported by Le Monde, the average age of high schools in France is 61 years, with only 15% of these schools, referred to as "bahuts," having been built or renovated since 2015. The responsibility for maintaining these schools lies with regional councils, which manage the upkeep and repairs. In the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, there are 265 public high schools offering general, technological, and vocational education, according to 2024 figures from the region's academies. At the beginning of the 2022 school year, Florence Dubessy, the vice president of Laurent Wauquiez's majority in charge of education matters, stated that no high school in the region was classified as being in very poor condition. However, this claim has been challenged by recent assessments. In 2023, four groups of regional opposition council members — the ecologists, socialists, communists, and left-wing radicals — launched a survey known as "Mission lycées" to evaluate the actual condition of the high schools. This initiative involved more than 5,700 participants, with 70% of them being high school students. The opposition members conducted visits to various schools as part of their assessment. Despite the effort, the full details of the survey's findings have not yet been released. The results of "Mission lycées" are expected to provide a more accurate picture of the state of France’s high schools and could influence future policy decisions. Until then, the debate over the condition of educational infrastructure continues, with students and educators calling for improved facilities and better support for the country’s youth.