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Whiskeytide

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3. How can any school district punish these students...

Reply to onecaliberal (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 01:29 PM

Mar 2018

... for these protests? It boggles my mind. Do they not want kids involved in public policy discourse? I understand that a republican dominated board might have political resistance to the idea - I get that, but are they really going to publicly take the position that these kids should stfu? Unbelievable.

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My kids are marching in CA22 under threat of being truant. [View all] onecaliberal Mar 2018 OP

School policy isn't made up on the spot. rainin Mar 2018 #1

I work in the district and its blood red Devin Nunes district. onecaliberal Mar 2018 #2

They're tough when they're bullying children and parents. rainin Mar 2018 #4

How can any school district punish these students... Whiskeytide Mar 2018 #3

Theyre doing an activity on Monday. Which is a joke, the school climate onecaliberal Mar 2018 #5

It is incredible - and encouraging - to see. n/t. Whiskeytide Mar 2018 #7

Sometimes you pay a price for doing the right thing in a screwed up world gratuitous Mar 2018 #6

Our local district (Eugene, OR) is giving unexcused absences central scrutinizer Mar 2018 #8