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High school suspends ENTIRE SCHOOL for ‘silent protest' after national anthem
2017-09-29
[Right Scoop] Well that escalated quickly. Now we have entire schools being suspended for protesting.

Now, in this case, they didn’t protest during the national anthem, they did it afterward.

But the school ain’t messin’ around:
When a group of students from Victory Preparatory Academy in Commerce City sat for their school’s pledge, administrators reportedly made the call to send all high school students home for the day.

School officials confirmed Thursday they sent parents notifications after sending home all 120 students in grades 9 through 12 for the day.

Students say they were brought to the school’s auditorium after they sat through the school’s daily pledge to protest what they call a lack of school spirit and a lack of opportunity. After they were brought to the auditorium, administrators sent them home.

"It was a peaceful protest," said Victor Sanchez, a student at the high school who said the students feel their voices have not been heard. "That was the point ‐ to be heard. We want to make a difference."

The school’s pledge follows the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance, which the students did stand and recite.
A nation of professional protesters that isn’t trained to do anything else...

Posted by:Besoeker

#6  Or do to them what happened to me when I got a five day suspension senior year - you can't make up any missed tests. That would cure this shit in one week. I failed US Government that quarter and came very close to fucking myself out of admission to UNH.

(I'm so old I remember when schools taught classes about the US Government!)
Posted by: Raj   2017-09-29 14:59  

#5  Oh boy! A day off!

Put the mandatory makeup day in the middle of August and see what happens.
Posted by: gorb   2017-09-29 14:23  

#4  Principal Me "I have heard your protests and in response I insist each student write a 10 pages essay on one of the recent incidences of police shootings with details from the incident itself to the trial and aftermath."

Let them study about thugs keeping a community down, police trying to keep the peace, and false narratives that burned those communities rather than just headlines and memes.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-09-29 10:17  

#3  Commerce, CO Demographics: Hispanic or Latino of any race are 46.8% of the population.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,680, and the median income for a family was $37,279

Uh huh
Posted by: Frank G   2017-09-29 09:27  

#2   send all high school students home for the day

Oh boy! A day off!
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-09-29 08:18  

#1  We want to make a difference.

Start by doing your homework, you little bitch.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-09-29 03:22  

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