Community Leaders Back BHS Student Walkout: Letter To The Editor

Dear Editor,

We are writing to express our support for the students of Burlington High School who will participate in the National School Walkout this week. On March 14, 2018, at 10 am students, teachers and supporters around the world will walk out of their schools for 17 minutes to honor the students and faculty killed in the massacre at the Parkland, Florida high school on February 14, 2018. The BHS students join an expected 185,000 others across the country as they protest gun violence in our country, and call on our nation’s leaders to enact reasonable gun legislation.

Students and teachers have the right to feel safe at school; Parents have the right to know that their children will return safely home at the end of each school day.

We stand in solidarity with these brave students as they exercise their right to peacefully protest Congress’ lack of action to combat gun violence in our society. They are the future of our nation and we are proud to see them leading the country on this important issue.

Many of our students will continue to spread their message at the March for Our Lives in Boston March 24, at 12 pm. We urge all community members to join them in this noble effort.

• Rev. Angela Wells
• Rabbi Susan Ambramson
• Emily Deluca
• Kimberlyn Ford Festi
• Joanne Frustaci
• Amy Goober
• Wendy Guiles-Trombetta
• Mary and Steve Ippolito
• Barbara L’Heureux
• Phyllis Neufeld
• Cindy Phillips
• Marcy Rose
• Fran Rosenberg
• Rev. John Gibbons
• Andrew Rittenburg
• Heidi MoverSally Willard
• Eileen Sickler

Police line the entrance to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to greet returning students and their families. Patch photo by Paul Scicchitano.