At the rectorate of Créteil in Val-de-Marne, a hundred teachers from Seine-Saint-Denis gathered to show support for Julie Léonis and Sabrina Mahfoufi, two teachers at the Maurice-Utrillo High School in Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis. The two women, members of the CGT teachers' union, are facing a possible forced transfer. They are accused of reporting abuses committed against students in their school. An intersyndical group has denounced what they call a "shameful disguised sanction," communicated to the teachers by letter only four days before the start of classes. After an interview at the rectorate, their fate remains uncertain: they have until October 7 to submit their observations. As Spanish and physics-chemistry teachers, Julie and Sabrina have returned to the Maurice-Utrillo High School 22 and 26 times, respectively, and they do not want to leave. They believe their only fault is having fulfilled their duty by reporting the actions of a colleague, a sports teacher, who was accused of sexual violence against some students, as well as racist and humiliating remarks. Reports date back to 2011, and they have once again alerted their hierarchy in 2024, up to the rectorate, and have gone on strike. According to a 33-page dossier composed of testimonies and prepared by the teaching staff, the accused teacher entered the girls' changing rooms, took photos of them during sports classes, asked them to move their hips or chests during dance classes, had erections while looking at them, and made racist and homophobic remarks such as "band of couscous" or "he runs like a faggot." For nearly a year, the mobilized teachers received no response. In October 2025, the rectorate instructed them to report the incidents to the prosecutor under Article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which obliges all public officials who become aware of a crime or offense in the course of their duties to inform the prosecutor without delay. The teachers complied, continued to collect the students' statements, applied the ministry of national education's action protocol against sexual violence, and continued the mobilization, since nothing had changed and the colleague in question remained in his position. In the spring of 2026, everything accelerated. Sabrina Mahfoufi and Julie Léonis were each in turn summoned to the Stains police station to be heard in the context of a harassment complaint filed by their colleague, the sports teacher. At the same time, the rectorate launched an investigation within the school. "We thought the rectorate would do what was needed," explain Sabrina Mahfoufi and Julie Léonis, who initially believed that the procedure initiated would shed light on the facts denounced for several years. In reality, the investigation concerned the "operation of the establishment following tensions, or even the judicialization of relationships within the staff." The mobilized staff believes that the investigation was conducted against the whistleblowers. Neither the students nor the parents of the students were heard. The rectorate defends itself, stating that the situations mentioned concerning sexual violence have been followed since the first reports of the year 2024. These reports have been handled within the administrative procedures in force. In addition, the prosecutor was indeed informed under Article 40. The rectorate confirms that an administrative investigation did indeed take place within the establishment, that it aimed to assess the internal tensions known to them and covered a wider field than the 2024 reports. The rectorate adds that the priority of the academy is to allow the students and the school community of the Utrillo High School to work in a peaceful and conducive environment for learning. As for the individual situations of the staff, they are handled in accordance with the rules of law and with the discretion owed to them. "We did not choose to be whistleblowers," insist Sabrina Mahfoufi and Julie Léonis. They are nevertheless paying the price. Last year, Julie Léonis was placed on work-related accident leave for more than two weeks due to the situation. She describes a state of hypervigilance within the establishment. The two teachers have made a functional protection request, which is due by the administration to its staff to protect them in case of attack or aggression, as well as legal proceedings for matters related to their duties. Their request has, so far, received no response. A dozen left-wing deputies from Seine-Saint-Denis (communists, La France insoumise, L’Après, socialists), as well as the mayor (communist) of Stains, Azzédine Taïbi, have written to the minister of national education to request the "protection of whistleblowing staff," emphasizing that "there would be a deep hypocrisy in pretending to promote nationally the liberation of speech while allowing, locally, administrative decisions to have the opposite effect." The two teachers have also received support from parents of students and former students, one of whom wrote to Sabrina Mahfoufi that she "saved her life." They are labeled as "drama queens" by some within the school, but their case is not isolated.