Student-Led Rally Monday In Toms River Over Florida Shooting

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Inspired by their peers in Florida, students in the Toms River area have organized a rally in downtown Toms River on Monday in response to the mass shooting at a high school that killed 17 people.

The rally is scheduled for noon Monday in front of the Ocean County Library on Washington Street, students told Patch.

Schools are closed Monday due to the Presidents Day federal holiday.

In Florida, classmates of the students who were killed in last week's shooting at Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland have been calling on President Donald Trump and members of Congress to take action to restrict access to firearms and other actions to prevent further mass shootings.

National grass-roots school walkouts by students also are gaining momentum, with March 24 and April 20 dates being circulated as dates for students to demand action by the government.

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