Save Our Schools! French Edition

As you may or may not know, there have been various controversies in Britain lately over new government schemes (they asked me to stop calling it a 'plot') to up class capacities, making as little as one teacher and three assistants to have to deal with seventy children in one class. How do they plan to do this? Well, by putting giant TV screens in the classrooms. TV Nation indeed.
Anyways, this is a preposterous plan. We all know from our days at school that it only takes one pupil to start being an arse in class and the rest of the class stops paying attention to the teacher. Now, imagine a class of 70 sugar fueled children all chattering. Yes, Dante didn't know the half of it.
Anyways, it's been a turbulent few years for the French Education system. For two years running we've had student strikes against the CPE, causing havoc and turmoil to people everywhere. Now the teachers have decided that they're pissed off too and are causing major headaches for institutions all around France.
While the French labour system may be one of the best in the world (I.E. short hours, high pay), it holds many flaws; cracks which have become more than apparent since September of the previous year. At my school in particular, teachers have been giving us flyers detailing the various problems they're having. At first glance, they're pretty shocking:

-Classes will always be overflowing, new plans are being put forward to introduce at least 34 students per class.

-Five teachers are retiring at the end of this year, the worst part being that their positions will not be replaced meaning that teachers will have to work more, regardless of their existing schedule.

-Suppression of hours from the weekly timetable, 25% of existing school hours are to be scrapped next year. To give you an idea of exactly how much that is, over the course of seven academic years, students will have lost over a year compared to today.

-In the college (french equivalent of Junior High) plans are being made to scrap Sports and Art, meaning that children won't get any exercise or cultural education.

-The Careers Advisor will be sacked, this is actually all across France, meaning 4500 posts will be scrapped.

-Substitute teachers will not be provided, many cleaning and caretaking positions are also being scrapped. This has already taken effect, as I myself have noticed that classrooms aren't being cleaned as regularly as they once were.

-The library/IT room staff are being sacked, well most of them are. The library is, for some, the only way to get some aspects of work done, where internet access is required. It also serves as a safe haven for those actually wanting to get work done in a calm and peaceful atmosphere outside of school hours.

The reason for these cuts? A gaping budget deficit in the French Education system, meaning that less money is being supplied to schools for our future. This doesn't just affect teachers, it affects us too.
So why aren't we taking to the streets and actually DOING something? Simple scaremongering tactics are being employed by the administration. Over the past year, the Minister of Education has now made it a sanctionable offense for pupils to:

-Have political discussions in school. That's right, we're not allowed to complain about the government inside school grounds, or we could get detention, even be suspended.

-Protest and/or go on strike, as it falls into the above

-Wear religious items, such as crucifixes or headscarves in public schools, as it breaches the law of secular education.

In effect, the majority of our basic civil rights, most importantly freedom of speech and freedom of expression are being suppressed.

French education is fucked.