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MA Schools Protesting Gun Violence On National Walkout Day
Over 100 walkouts are planned across the Bay State on Wednesday, March 14.
Students from over 100 Massachusetts elementary, middle and high schools are planning to walk out of class next week, joining in solidarity with students across the country who are protesting gun violence and lawmakers' inaction on passing gun control legislation.
Students across the country will walk out of class at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 and stay out of class for 17 minutes to honor the 17 people killed in Parkland, Florida last month.
"We are certain this will be a seminal moment in our students' lives and will be an impactful moment across the country," a joint letter from Malden Superintendent John Oteri and Mayor Gary Christenson said. "We know our diverse, dedicated and thoughtful students will provide the leadership and voice that will carry the next generation to a safe and more inclusive world."
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The nationwide ENOUGH walkouts are sponsored by the Women's March organization, but each walkout is being organized as a grass-roots effort at the school level. So far, more than 2,200 walkouts are planned for March 14.
"We should capitalize on lessons students can learn from the experience," said Waltham High School Principal Gregory A. DeMeo."
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There are currently 118 Massachusetts schools officially participating in the walkout, but there may be more that haven't signed up on the Women's March website. Here are the Bay State schools participating so far, according to the Women's March site:
- Sutton High School
- Hopedale Jr./Sr. High School
- Grafton High School
- Franklin High School
- Shrewsbury High School
- Burncoat High School, Worcester
- Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough
- Ashland High School
- Millis High School
- North Attleboro High School
- Marlborough High School
- Hudson High School
- Wachusett Regional High School, Holden
- Framingham High School
- Natick High School
- Nashoba Regional High School, Bolton
- Walpole High School
- Wellesley High School
- Norwood High School
- The Bromfield School, Harvard
- Westwood High School
- Sharon High School
- Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
- Concord-Carlisle High School
- Littleton High School
- Newton South High School
- Southeastern Regional Voc Tech High School, Easton
- Edith C. Baker Elementary School, Chestnut Hill
- Minuteman High School, Lexington
- Gann Academy, Waltham
- Cotting School, Lexington
- Westford Academy
- BMC Durfee High School, Fall River
- Jonas Clarke Middle School, Lexington
- Lexington High School
- Bedford High School
- Milton High School
- Brockton High School
- William Diamond Middle School, Lexington
- Stony Brook Middle School, Westford
- Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham
- Belmont High School
- Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, Cambridge
- Arlington High School
- Boston Latin School
- Boston Latin Academy
- Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
- Chelmsford High School
- Billerica Memorial High School
- Brooks Elementary School, Medford
- Cambridge Street Upper School
- Medford Vocational/High School
- McCall Middle School, Winchester
- Andrews Middle School, Medford
- McGlynn Middle School, Medford
- Innovation Academy Charter School, Tyngsboro
- Woburn Memorial High School
- Quincy High School
- Lowell High School
- Tewksbury Memorial High School
- Malden High School
- Dracut High School
- St. Rose School, Chelsea
- Belchertown High School
- Melrose High School
- Sabis International Charter School, Springfield
- Wakefield Memorial High School
- Hanover High School
- Lynnfield Middle School
- Hingham High School
- Norwell High School
- Peabody Veterans Memorial High School
- Silver Lake Regional High School, Kingston
- North Andover High School
- Swampscott High School
- Essex Technical and Agricultural High School, Hathorne
- Salem High School
- Scituate High School
- St. John's Prep, Danvers
- Lester J. Gates Middle School, Scituate
- Pioneer Valley Performing Arts School, South Hadley
- PVCICS, Hadley
- Masconomet Regional School District, Boxford
- Marblehead High School
- Danvers High School
- Agawam High School
- Hopkins Academy, Hadley
- Smith Academy, Hatfield
- Duxbury High School
- Georgetown High School
- Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School, Easthampton
- Easthampton High School
- Northampton High School
- Pentucket Regional High School, West Newbury
- Plymouth North High School
- John F. Kennedy Middle School, Northampton
- Whittier Technical High School, Haverhill
- Triton High School, Byfield
- Westfield High School
- Ipswich Middle/High School
- Manchester Essex Regional High School
- Amesbury High School
- Falmouth High School
- Mohawk Trail Regional High School, Shelburne Falls
- Mashpee High School
- Rockport High School
- Sturgis Public Charter School, Hyannis
- Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School, South Yarmouth
- Hoosac Valley High School, Cheshire
- Bart Charter, Adams
- Lee Middle and High School
- Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, Harwich
- Monument Valley Regional Middle School, Great Barrington
- Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington
- Mount Greylock Regional High School, Williamstown
- Nauset Regional High School, Eastham
- Pelham Elementary
- Burlington High School
- Somerville High School
People attend a candlelight vigil for the victims of the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Alex Costello (Patch Staff) contributed to this report
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