School Walkouts In Bel Air: Prayer Service, Main Street Protest

BEL AIR, MD — More than 100 students in Bel Air took part in a school walkout Wednesday, from a prayer service at John Carroll's stadium to an after-school demonstration on Main Street to a rally for gun reform at Harford Community College. While Harford County Public Schools said that students may face disciplinary action if they left classes, some did anyway.

In walkout events planned across the country, participating students left their classrooms for 17 minutes – one minute for each life taken in the Feb. 14 shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

Students at C. Milton Wright walked out of class and were 120 people strong, according to one, who captured it on video:

we walked out anyway :) 120 kids strong!! thank you guys for the support, we will be facing no punishment from our school. pic.twitter.com/sTM0o0UDEL
— hamza (@hamzayadd) March 14, 2018

Students at Bel Air High School gathered around a flagpole outside the school, according to Fox 45.

Harford County Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Canavan told Fox 45 that participation in the event was "limited and orderly" throughout the school system.

After school, some Harford County students stood outside the Circuit Courthouse on Bel Air's Main Street with signs that said things like "NO GUNS 4 TEACHERS," "NRA STOP KILLING OUR KIDS" and "NOT1MORE."

#walkoutday in Harford County! They found their own way!!! https://t.co/lyXNejLWtR
— Allison Galbraith (@AllisonforMD) March 14, 2018

SEE ALSO:

• ACLU On Harford School Walkout Ban: 'We Are Deeply Concerned'
• Harford Superintendent Says 'No' To Student Walkout
• 17 Florida School Shooting Victims Identified

At The John Carroll School, students filed outside to the stadium to read off the names of those who lost their lives in the Parkland school shooting.

Officials from the private Catholic school reported students held a prayer service to remember the 17 people killed on Feb. 14.

At Harford Community College, walkout organizer Nicholas Maivelett said there was a gathering near the student center that centered around policy.

"...we just stated that the issue of gun violence is a public health care crisis that we need to solve," Maivelett told Patch. "And that means Congress needs to act, or we the people will vote them out of office in 2018 and 2020."

Did you see students walking out in Bel Air and Harford County? Tell us in the comments!

Pictured, Harford Community College walkout on March 14 in Bel Air. Photo Credit: Julia Karll.