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UPDATE: Loudoun County students planning politically inspired walkout
UPDATE: Loudoun County students planning politically inspired walkout
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 by Chantalle Edmunds
Students at seven high schools in Loudoun County are planning to stage a walkout Friday afternoon. ... Organizers say it is to protest President Donald Trump's executive order pertaining to travel and immigration and Trump's selection of Betsy DeVos the new education secretary.
The walkout has been primarily organized by Muslim students, although organizers say they are expecting a diverse range of students to take part. It is slated to take place at 2.30 p.m. Miss India USA will be a guest speaker at one of the schools.
Loudoun County Public Schools have issued a statement saying "high school principals are aware of a potential student walkout," warning that activities that disrupt instruction are against School Board policy, "regardless of the cause or viewpoint of those taking part."
The LCPS statement goes on to detail how principals have met with student organizers to develop plans to ensure safety procedures are followed if students leave the building. Those planning to be involved in the walkout have also been warned they face the usual discipline involved with being tardy or skipping class.
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 by Chantalle Edmunds
Students at seven high schools in Loudoun County are planning to stage a walkout Friday afternoon. ... Organizers say it is to protest President Donald Trump's executive order pertaining to travel and immigration and Trump's selection of Betsy DeVos the new education secretary.
The walkout has been primarily organized by Muslim students, although organizers say they are expecting a diverse range of students to take part. It is slated to take place at 2.30 p.m. Miss India USA will be a guest speaker at one of the schools.
Loudoun County Public Schools have issued a statement saying "high school principals are aware of a potential student walkout," warning that activities that disrupt instruction are against School Board policy, "regardless of the cause or viewpoint of those taking part."
The LCPS statement goes on to detail how principals have met with student organizers to develop plans to ensure safety procedures are followed if students leave the building. Those planning to be involved in the walkout have also been warned they face the usual discipline involved with being tardy or skipping class.
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MORE: Protests, walkouts over Trump administration’s policies at several Loudoun County high schools
Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 by Sydney Kashiwagi, Chantalle Edmunds and Alex Erkiletian
More than 600 Loudoun County Public Schools students engaged in school walkouts Friday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump, his executive order on immigration and travel and the appointment of Betsy DeVos as the nation's education secretary.
Muslim students at several local schools organized the demonstrations to show their dissatisfaction with the new administration, and pupils at all but two of LCPS' 15 high schools participated. ... Approximately 100 students were seen chanting and waving flags inside Briar Woods High School in Ashburn. Some demonstrators were shouting “get her out," an apparent reference to DeVos, while another was waving a pro-Trump flag and shouting "lock her up."
[font size=1]Students participating in a political demonstration at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn Friday. Courtesy Photo/Momal Rizvi[/font]
Officials at Briar Woods and Riverside asked Times-Mirror reporters to leave the building as walkouts were ongoing. ... Two-hundred students participated in a protest at Rock Ridge High School, according to school officials. Principal John Duellman said the students were well-behaved, and he hadn't immediately decided what punitive action will be taken.
According to Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman Wayde Byard, LCPS students were made aware they were risking disciplinary action by not attending class. ... The total number of students who participated in the demonstrations was 619, Byard said. By school, the totals were listed by LCPS were: one student at Stone Bridge and Tuscarora; three at John Champe; six at Riverside; seven at Monroe Technology Center and Woodgrove; nine at Park View; 11 at Freedom; 12 at Loudoun County; 50 at Loudoun Valley; 70 at Broad Run; 100 at Briar Woods; 122 at Potomac Falls; and 200 at Rock Ridge.
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[font size=1]Student demonstrators at Rock Ridge High School in Ashburn. Times-Mirror/Alex Erkiletian[/font]
Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 by Sydney Kashiwagi, Chantalle Edmunds and Alex Erkiletian
More than 600 Loudoun County Public Schools students engaged in school walkouts Friday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump, his executive order on immigration and travel and the appointment of Betsy DeVos as the nation's education secretary.
Muslim students at several local schools organized the demonstrations to show their dissatisfaction with the new administration, and pupils at all but two of LCPS' 15 high schools participated. ... Approximately 100 students were seen chanting and waving flags inside Briar Woods High School in Ashburn. Some demonstrators were shouting “get her out," an apparent reference to DeVos, while another was waving a pro-Trump flag and shouting "lock her up."
[font size=1]Students participating in a political demonstration at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn Friday. Courtesy Photo/Momal Rizvi[/font]
Officials at Briar Woods and Riverside asked Times-Mirror reporters to leave the building as walkouts were ongoing. ... Two-hundred students participated in a protest at Rock Ridge High School, according to school officials. Principal John Duellman said the students were well-behaved, and he hadn't immediately decided what punitive action will be taken.
According to Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman Wayde Byard, LCPS students were made aware they were risking disciplinary action by not attending class. ... The total number of students who participated in the demonstrations was 619, Byard said. By school, the totals were listed by LCPS were: one student at Stone Bridge and Tuscarora; three at John Champe; six at Riverside; seven at Monroe Technology Center and Woodgrove; nine at Park View; 11 at Freedom; 12 at Loudoun County; 50 at Loudoun Valley; 70 at Broad Run; 100 at Briar Woods; 122 at Potomac Falls; and 200 at Rock Ridge.
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[font size=1]Student demonstrators at Rock Ridge High School in Ashburn. Times-Mirror/Alex Erkiletian[/font]
