Students Across Chicagoland Walkout To Protest Gun Violence

Students from across the Chicago area took part in the national school walkout day Wednesday as part of a unified effort to protest gun violence. The walkout, which included 3,000 schools from across the U.S., came exactly a month after the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Those who walked out at 10 a.m. stood in silence for 17 minutes, which was meant to serve as a minute-long vigil for each of the 17 people who lost their lives in the Florida shooting. Some school districts, concerned over safety, banned students from leaving their building and threatened disciplinary action for those who did.

The morning did not go off without a hitch. An Instagram post prompted officials to postpone a walkout in Romeoville. And a shelter-in-place was ordered for Dundee-Crown High School after a weapon was found in a neighborhood near the Carpentersville campus Wednesday morning.

WATCH: National Student Walkouts Protest Gun Violence

Here is a look at Patch coverage from walkouts across the area:

• JOLIET: Droves Of Joliet Central Students Walk Out Of Class
• OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST: OPRF Student Walkout: 'We Hope To Open As Many Eyes As Possible'
• NAPERVILLE: Naperville North Walkout: 'We Strive To Make Our World Safer'
• ROMEOVILLE: Instagram Threat Postpones Romeoville HS Walkout
• CHICAGO: Chicago Students Walk Out Of Class To Protest Gun Violence: Video
• EVANSTON: Evanston Walkouts Protest Gun Violence
• CHICAGO HEIGHTS: Walkout At Bloom A Student Idea Embraced By Administration
• CARPENTERSVILLE: Dundee-Crown Shelter-In-Place Lifted; Weapon Found Near School
• TINLEY PARK: Tinley Park Students Remember Victims, Call For Action
• FRANKFORT: L-W East High School Event 'Very Mature,' D210 Supt. Says
• HIGHLAND PARK: Deerfield, Highland Park High School Students Walk Out
• LAKE FOREST: Lake Forest High School Students Walk Out In Gun Violence Protest
• WINNETKA: New Trier Students Participate In National School Walkout
• OAK LAWN: Extreme Differences In Walkout Approaches At OLCHS, Richards
• OAK FOREST: Oak Forest Students Form '17' To Honor Victims
• JOLIET: Joliet Central Walkout 'Exceeded My Wildest Expectations'

Photo caption: Students participate in a walkout at Walter Payton College Prep on the north side of Chicago. Photo credit: Amber Fisher