Students from nearly two dozen Rochester-area schools joined millions of students from across
the nation Wednesday for a school walkout honoring the victims of the Parkland shooting and
urging stronger gun regulations.
Today is the one-month anniversary of the shooting, and most of the participating students
walked out of their schools at 10 a.m. and stayed outside for 17 minutes to commemorate each of
the 17 Parkland victims.
Some district superintendents and principals notified families about the students’ walkout plans.
Rochester Barbara Deane-Williams told families that the district supports students who want to
participate, as well as those who choose not to. “This is an opportunity to help our students find
their voices,” she said. And she encouraged families to discuss the issue with their children.
This article appears in Mar 14-20, 2018.
It’s important for young people to speak out particularly concerning their safety. The last thing we as parents and grandparents want to do is to send our kids to school and hope they’re safe instead of knowing that they’re safe. When I was 18 and maneuvering the mire in Viet Nam I wish we had protested so that I wouldn’t have to do that. Yet, in hindsight, I would have never met my Ming Lea. Rock on students! Maybe now we’ll get some sanity on the gun laws instead of listening to President Draft Dodger!