I received this email:
I live in Greeley, CO and am a student at Greeley Central High School. Last week some students at our school staged a walk-out to protest the war in Iraq.
Not only did we consult with our teachers, but we also consulted with our principal who met with us to go over how to conduct such a protest in a non-disruptive manner. We chose to stage our walk-out during a mid-day open period, and did so with out incident.
Now the yahoos in Greeley (a very conservatice town) are up in arms, not only that we walked out of school to protest the war, but that our school's administration knew about it. Our teachers, who simply were teaching us the subtle processes of partcipative democracy, have been hammered in local op-eds and letters to the edit.
In other words, this was more of "mock" walkout than any actual disruption - during a free period.
Go take the poll at the Greeley Tribune and tell them what you think.
