The French government has launched an online platform aimed at high school students, promoting it as a "dialogue" tool as classes resume after a period of mobilization. Named High school students: you have a voice, the platform has been active since Monday and allows students to share their experiences of challenges in high schools and suggest improvements to enhance their learning. As of Friday morning, the platform had received 67,000 contributions, though this number is much lower compared to the total of two million high school students in France. The initiative was announced by Minister of National Education Edouard Geffray on September 30, following ten days of student protests that began at a high school in a Paris suburb. Geffray mentioned that the government initially faced skepticism but promised a "national restitution event" to provide structured responses by the end of October. He also stated that the student contributions would be used to develop proposals for amendments to the government's 2027 budget bill. However, the platform has not been widely embraced by the mobilized students. Leia Vignard, a 16-year-old student at Jules-Guesde high school in Montpellier, said the platform "is there to say 'yes, we are doing things' but it blocks the discussion." She is against calls for a boycott, fearing that the government might ignore the students' concerns. Romane Oudom, a 17-year-old law student, criticized the government for only proposing measures that cost nothing, such as banning cell phones and creating a discussion platform. Female students have similarly expressed frustration over the lack of meaningful action. Hippolyte, a senior student and organizer of blockades at Arago high school in eastern Paris, compared the consultation platform to the complaint books used during the yellow vests movement. He said the platform "will be like the complaint books of the 'yellow vests'" and predicted that it would "be stored in archives and be useless." At a gathering on Bastille Square in Paris, several high school students were unaware of the platform. Others, like Meena from Charlemagne high school in Paris, knew about it but chose not to participate, believing the government introduced it to calm tensions and get students back to school. Tim, a 15-year-old from Honoré-de-Balzac high school in Paris, said the platform "serves to make it seem like they are doing something." Paul, a senior student at Saint-Charles high school in Marseille, criticized the platform, saying it was "nonsense" and that the government's questions ignored the demands raised in the streets over the past ten days. Following the yellow vests crisis, citizens were able to write in complaint books as part of a broader consultation process. This citizen consultation, which ran from January 15 to March 15, 2019, was President Emmanuel Macron's response to widespread protests against high living costs, the reduction of public services, inequalities, and democratic shortcomings. In April 2025, the government decreed the opening of these archives to the public, allowing people to consult them on-site or request copies.