I thought our school district handled it very well - “they looked at the situation – Came up with a workable solution – And everything proceeded safely”.
You were talking about a school that didn’t allow the walkout, I thought? Maybe I misunderstood, @yourmomma . What was the solution that your school district came up with?
^exactly. Her school district didn’t allow the students to do a walk out.
so, we’ve gone from the ubiquitous “snowflakes” to “tide-pod” eaters. Adjectives used by an adult to describe teenagers.Very nice;)
The student with the pro gun sign didn’t get his sign approved 24 hours before, per school policy, and was asked to leave because of it.
Gee. I’m shocked that there was more to the story.
I think the “tide-pod eaters” is one of the new talking points. I’ve seen it in other places on the interweb.
Somewhere I thought I mentioned they allowed the walkout, but kept the kids in the building. The kids went into the halls and did their thing – locked arms for 17 minutes. They where not allowed to leave the building.
Shoot I just realized I didn’t put a link for my post 104: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/minnesota-school-walkout-gun/
“Somewhere I thought I mentioned they allowed the walkout, but kept the kids in the building. The kids went into the halls and did their thing – locked arms for 17 minutes. They where not allowed to leave the building.”
So not a walk out. You even called it a “walk up”, which is not the same thing at all. They weren’t allowed to walk out. The whole point of these protests were for the students to walk out of their schools.
"Sylvan: Sometimes “feeling uncomfortable” is not a bad thing. Amazingly, our snowflakes didn’t melt during the course of this little event. "
Total agreement, just as a long as those other ideas that make different “snowflakes” uncomfortable are equally permitted expression.
And that made it safer than letting them leave the building to congregate on a field or some other school property? In most places (not all, I know), the walkout did not include leaving school property to march to some other place. Wouldn’t large groups of students congregating anywhere trigger the concerns you mentioned above in describing how your school deals with sporting events, concerts, etc.
“bhs1978: Most students walked out peacefully many carrying signs. One student in Minnesota carried his sign that said “Guns don’t kill people, People kill people”
He was escorted off the property and threatened with arrest. Where was his right to free speech and protest.”
I couldn’t believe this was true in this day and age.
But by golly, it is. Interestingly, students with signs that said, “Arm our teachers” were not removed. The purported reason is that this student didn’t get the message on the sign pre-approved (prior restraint is ok?). But that makes little sense given the other messages that were permitted. A ruse.
Same consequences, regardless of the message, @tranquilmind. If the students had to get signs preapproved or face escort off, then so be it, regardless of what the sign said. Hopefully that was applied evenly in this case-it wasn’t a common occurrence.
^ if it was ok for students to carry “Arm our teachers” signs (obviously pre-approved) then it makes perfect sense that the reason this student was removed was because he didn’t get his sign pre-approved. He didn’t follow the rules the school required.
Why the school made any student get their signs pre approved seems ridiculous to me, but this school obviously had their reasons.
Contrary to some posters assumptions, many if not most of the students participating in the walkout support the second amendment. They also happen to support the rest of the Constitution as well.
Many of our schools did a “walk in”. They met outside if the school about 20 minutes before school starts. There were speeches and signs…and the faculty and students then walked IN to the school in together. I thought this was handled well.
Pleased that many HI students participated in varying activities with ZERO problems reported. I hope it will motivate our local legislators to take effective actions.
Fwiw, (in reference to fire alarms) the Westside Middle School shooters (Jonesboro, Arkansas, March 24, 1998) pulled the fire alarm and shot students and teachers as they exited the building. Five died in that shooting. (The shooters were only 11 and 13 at the time. )
My kid was one of the student organizers of their school’s walk out. They, along with a committee of teachers and admin, planned a safe event where they memorialized the fallen from Parkland then held an optional discussion in the cafeteria. It was a practice in compromise that satisfied the admin’s need to keep everyone safe and most importantly, the students’ desire to rally and be heard.
One school chose to “hijack” this student led event by holding a lock down assembly run by who else, adults. A student from that school wrote in an article, "Here we were saying, “Never Again should this happen.” and they were saying, “But it will.” That. Just that.
D20’s school (with almost 3,000 students) managed to hold a very organized, peaceful walk-out organized entirely by the student council and other student groups. It is estimated that about 2,500-2,600 students participated. They arranged for all of the students to exit the building through designated doors, contacted city police to help with security and blocked off the streets surrounding the school, notified the media, and, since the walkout would happen right before and after a class change, came up with a plan on how to mark students tardy/absent who did not show up for the next class. They requested, and received, permission for teachers who had prep time at 10 a.m. to supervise. Signs did have to be approved.
All kids acted responsibly. If we treat kids like adults, they usually rise to the occasion.
If the school district is “handled” it, then they missed the entire point.