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Local students walk out of class to protest gun violence in schools

March 15, 2018 by Andrea Waxman 1 Comment

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  • Nearly 1,500 students walked in silence around the track at Rufus King International School. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)
  • Darienne Driver (in red), Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent, stood with the students at Rufus King. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)
  • As students walked in silence, the names of the 17 who died at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were read over a loudspeaker. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)
  • The poster lists the names of the students killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas School in Florida. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)
  • Marchers circled the school's track. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)
  • Sophomore class president Noah Cotton spoke to students, teachers and administrators after the silent walk. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)
  • This student shed tears as she spoke about the shooting of her cousin who died recently. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)
  • Student leaders spoke to television news stations about gun violence. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)
  • Older students at Highland Community School gather in the front of the school to protest. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
  • Students at Highland Community School carry signs asking to stop the violence. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
  • Highland Community School students urge people to hold hands, not guns. (Photo by Sue Vliet)

Most of the 1,500 students who attend Rufus King International School joined students around the U.S. in a walkout to protest gun violence, demand limits on gun access and remember the students killed in the country’s most recent school shooting.

Exiting the back of the school building, located at 1801 W. Olive St., King students and faculty walked silently around the track. They observed 17 minutes of silence in memory of the 17 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students who died in a Feb. 14 shooting rampage at their Parkland, Florida school. A deceased student’s name was read aloud during each of the 17 minutes.

Students then performed spoken word poems and shared thoughts on the impact and threat of violence in their lives. At the microphone or on signs carried as they walked, many demanded that lawmakers enact laws that will reduce the threat of school shootings. One young woman spoke through tears of the recent shooting death of a cousin.

Fourth- through eighth-graders at Highland Community School, 1706 W. Highland Ave., also joined the walkout. School leaders noted that the school’s Bill of Rights “guarantees students the right to physical safety, the right to emotional safety, and the right to work in peace.” Students and staff demanded that lawmakers “find solutions to the rampant gun violence plaguing the United States.”

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  1. Sara and Bud Hudson says

    March 15, 2018 at 10:12 am

    Thank you, STUDENTS, for being the ENERGY, the INSPIRATION, the PRESENT and the FUTURE! Together may we make our families, our schools, our communities, our country our WORLD a safer place!

    Peace, Sara and Bud Hudson

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