French First Lady sets up adult school in poor Paris suburb
September 17, 2019 at 5:05 a.m.
| Updated September 19, 2019 at 2:47 p.m.
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Associated Press
PARIS (AP) - France's First Lady Brigitte Macron has visited a new adult school she helped found in a poor Paris suburb.
The wife of President Emmanuel Macron, who was a teacher, said Monday that she is involved in the school's management and will give occasional literature classes.
The place, dedicated to job seekers aged 25-48, is located in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, where two boys died after fleeing police in 2005. Their deaths led to weeks of rioting over discrimination and poverty in France.
She said she considers the school a "very important" mission and wants to "show that at any age, you can start a new career."
Brigitte Macron, 66, retired as a high-school literature teacher in 2015. Her husband became president in 2017.