Schools Threaten Punishment For Student Walkouts

By Tom Knighton

Schools all over the country may have an attendance issue in the coming weeks.

Students seem to think they should be taken seriously on the issue of guns, and they’re going to walk out of class to prove it. As a result, many schools are threatening tough penalties for students who pull stunts like this.

Students around the United States are walking out of class to demand tougher gun laws in response to last week’s deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, but some schools are threatening them with harsh punishments.

The Needville Independent School District in Texas issued a warning Tuesday that anyone who participated in a walkout or other political protest would be suspended for three days.

“Life is all about choices and every choice has a consequence whether it be positive or negative. We will discipline no matter if it is one, fifty, or five hundred students involved. All will be suspended for 3 days and parent notes will not alleviate the discipline,” Superintendent Curtis Rhodes said in a statement posted on the Needville High School Facebook page.

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A school district in Waukesha, Wisconsin, sent a letter to parents telling them that the school district is not involved in a walkout …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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