Students disrupt Walkout Day moment Of silence

A student walked out without saying a word peacefully put up his sign which said “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” he was escorted off the property by our principal and threatened to be put into a police vehicle. “It’s important to have our voices heard because a lot of the community and older generations don’t really think that teenagers have the power or strength in our minds to do this”.

Allred said the students were “a little on edge right now because of all of the shootings”, and she said part of the walkout was to address the need for a change in gun laws, including raising the age of purchasers, mandatory gun registration, and “maybe even banning certain types of guns”. “Parkland is going to be the last school shooting”. She said it was being sponsored by Wyoming Rising-Northwest.

“We needed a united front to get our message across to everyone that we are here, we are the future and this is what we want as a school”, Powell said. “So we’re finally saying that enough is enough. School is supposed to be a safe place for learning and talking with friends”. “And I think that’s one of the biggest differences this time”.

“People are mad and upset”, Francis said after the protest.

The 17-minute protest began at 10 a.m.as students gathered in the courtyard of the high school in a demonstration of solidarity.

They were heavily supervised by school resource officers, staff and administration from District 833, who banned the public from school grounds as an extra safety measure.

“If they could look at the situation today at Antioch High School, that they would be okay with violent behavior”, said Reed.

Students read the names, gave a short biography of each Parkland victim and lit a candle for each one.

About two dozen students did stay outside. There, people will continue this morning’s protest on gun violence in America.

Many students defied the warnings, including over two dozen at Lindenhurst High School in NY, who were at first suspended, but then had their punishment reduced to detentions, according to a senior and the school superintendent. One protest organizer, senior Jade Keene, says she’s expecting an in-school suspension. Pham said they talked about how social media plays a role in promoting and not so much preventing violence, as well as cyberbullying.

But we hope they see that it sets a precedent that could be hard to defend.

By the end of the day, there was some change, at least locally. Students were advised to hold the protest in the school’s football stadium to ensure safety for participants, he said. They discussed bullying, as well as online and in-person threats, some involving guns.

Locally, students assembled safely on their respective school campuses during the event. “It happens too many times”, Justin said.