High Schoolers Protesting

Students from the high school near my home walked out earlier today and took to the streets in protest of the election outcome. I remember that a few of you are educators. Do secondary schools typically allow students to make up exams when they bolt in this way? Many of these students are still minors and considered wards of the state during hours of instruction as I understand it. If I'm misguided, please enlighten me.

Large group of Md. high school students walk out to protest Trump’s election

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Updated On: 11/14/16 at 04:56 PM

I'm concerned for the safety of those youngsters. There's a lot of rage out there right now. Yesterday, those kids took to one of the busiest streets in Maryland and blocked traffic several times. It only takes one irate driver in a 2 ton vehicle to smash a few of them like pumpkins. I'm told that one kid was trampled by a bunch of fleeing students after a driver brandished a shiny object that many mistook for a pistol.

Just two more questions about this, I promise.

(1) does your school require the kids to obtain parental permission first, ErikJ972, as most are minors who are still wards of their parents/guardians?

(2) if the parental permission is not on file and a protesting student accompanied by a school official is injured or worse, will your school/district/municipality be held liable?

I ask because one DC high school teacher accompanied his students on a 4 mile trek from the school to the Trump Hotel, then to the Capitol Building. Times have changed a lot since I was their age and parents especially dads ruled with an iron fist. As rebellious as I was back then, I don't think I would ditched school to march. Even as late as high school, my dad would have likely kicked my ass afterwards.

yeah, strikes me as the most effective approach. Glad that it's working.

Teens who are politically engaged enough to want to peacefully assemble strikes me as a good thing. They are the voters of tomorrow and obviously not complacent. Couldn't the school, in cooperation with the parents, help organize the event so it would take place after school hours or on the weekend? These kids care and their concerns should be respected.

In this otherwise low point in our history, there can be nothing more encouraging than the engagement of our youth in politics.