The Kids are Alright (and They Are Coming)
Ballard High School
Gov. Inslee at Ballard
Ingraham High School
Garfield High School
Roosevelt High School
Washington Middle School
Hamilton Middle School
B.F. Day Elementary via KIRO
The Mayor, Director DeWolf and CM Lorena Gonzalez came to the UW Red Square event where the Roosevelt students ended up.
More photos as I get them.
Gov. Inslee at Ballard
Ingraham High School
Garfield High School
Karlin MacCorkle, 17, and Iris Lerner, 15, completely ran out of voter registration forms. “We’re the future. We’re the ones who can make change. We’re the ones who can vote out the people who don’t protect our lives,” MacCorkle said. (via The Stranger)
Roosevelt High School
Washington Middle School
Hamilton Middle School
B.F. Day Elementary via KIRO
The Mayor, Director DeWolf and CM Lorena Gonzalez came to the UW Red Square event where the Roosevelt students ended up.
More photos as I get them.
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So proud of these kids.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/photos-gun-protest.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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BananaBread
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2018/03/14/25912067/the-kids-are-in-charge-meet-two-seattle-students-leading-todays-walkout
"They didn't tell their parents at first. "At that point, we didn't think it was going to be anything big," Rasaretnam said. But within a day, the Facebook group hit a thousand RSVPs. Since then, the group has grown to 8,200, not to mention the addition of an estimated 450 volunteers and a $16,715 GoFundMe. Now the teens organize through a group calendar and various teams (social, logistics, voter registration, fundraising) on the messaging app GroupMe."
"That day, Rasaretnam and Allard would speak with Seattle Weekly, KUOW, and KIRO 7. Rasaretnam and Allard were offered a chance to meet with Senator Patty Murray staffers, too, but they turned them down. They already met with the senator earlier this month. They had enough on their plates: preparing for today’s student walkout, a town hall with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on Saturday, and important decisions within the group about how to incorporate well-meaning elected officials into their work.
"This set-up is a deliberate strategy from the students, one that’s informed by the students’ understanding of how national traumas work."
JKL
Some really fabulous pics from the Ingraham/Lakeside Walkout
BHS student
https://crosscut.com/2018/03/tumwater-seattle-students-unite-gun-walkout
It was organized by students at both schools. They met up at Roosevelt and then walked to the UW for the rally at Red Square. All student organized.
HP
Ballard Mom
time. So pay attention to facts and don't tread on me!
Just facts
Yes, all aspects of the last mass shooting need to be examined including the fact that there was a armed, trained officer at the site who did nothing. But blaming the FBI won’t change what really needs to change.
I won’t tread on you but your rights do not trump public safety and I absolutely believe the Founding Fathers would agree.
Just sayin'.
"“Certainly in a high school there are a lot of conversations around the topic,” he (Wynkoop) said. “We always tell teachers it’s great for them to talk about controversial issues, but they should do what they can to provide all sides, and let students reach their own conclusion.”
Link to article: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/how-some-seattle-area-students-teachers-and-administrators-are-handling-planned-walkouts-over-gun-violence/
Ballard Mom
Around fifty Chicago high school students were caught on video running through a Walmart and tearing the place to pieces during the recent national school walkout protests.
Social Justice?
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/chicago-students-trash-walmart-during-walkout-over-gun-violence
Social Justice?
One wonders how many students joined the walkout because they had no other choice, they felt peer pressure to do so, or because it was an excuse to skip class with no consequences. I asked my children what they knew about gun laws in WA State. The answer was very little. I suspect that is true for many students. Perhaps the bigger issue is that there is no shortage of causes for students to support. What gets sanctioned and what doesn't? Does discipline vary depending on the cause?
complicated
Parent
Below is a clip from the letter sent out to schools and teachers we received a emailed version. You can google for the whole email.
If you're planning to take part in the nationalschool walkout, read
By Doug Criss, CNN...
Design: Joyce Tseng, CNN
Updated 2:42 PM ET, Tue March 13, 2018
(CNN) The National School Walkout is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in every
time zone and last for 17 minutes -- a minute for each life lost in the Parkland
school shooting.
If youre a student whos thinking of taking part (or the parent of one), you
probably have lots of questions: Can the school retaliate? Will it hurt your
chances of college? Can you just stay home for the day?...
Parent
The teens leading this movement are brilliantly using the media to leverage their message--it's not the other way around.
Parent, if you are worried about collusion, I'd say we, as a nation, have bigger fish to fry in that regard.
asdf
Here's part of an email sent out from our school. Notice the CNN reference and that the school admits the involvement of parents. Oh this is NOT a K-5!
Participation in the Walkout is optional. If students leave campus during the Walkout and do not return, they will be marked unexcused. For additional information on the National School Walkout, attached is a CNN question and answer sheet
10:00 student and parent organized walkout - parent volunteers and school staff monitor for student safety; students who are not participating in the walkout, remain in class with their second period teacher.
Skeptical parent
Who sent this and how do you know it was sent to “schools?” Please send me the entire email with who it came from, sss.westbrook@gmail.com.
Where's the beef?
Schools letting students and families know what's going on is a bad thing?
As for discussions in classrooms around the issue, I can imagine that any educators who did that are damned by some, and any who didn't are likewise damned by some...
Can't win.
The impetus for the student action is the repeated murder of children in school, and the lack of any attempt to stop it. That is the true impetus. Why is it so hard to believe that the youth of our nation would stand up and call BS on the adults that are supposedly running this show. Suggesting that this was pushed by the media or adults is a way of discouraging young people who are waking up to their power. THAT's the adult-promoted spin that serves the interest of those opposed to any kind of sensible gun safety legislation.
asdf
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/15/593831564/the-disconnect-between-perceived-danger-in-u-s-schools-and-reality
http://news.northeastern.edu/2018/02/schools-are-still-one-of-the-safest-places-for-children-researcher-says/
complicated
I will not accept that this is just the way it is. We are better than this.