Crime & Safety
South Lakes High School Students Walk Out
Reston students participated in the National Walkout Day one month after 17 students were murdered in Parkland, Fla.
RESTON, VA -- Students at South Lakes High School demonstrated Wednesday morning as part of a nationwide school walkout in remembrance of the 17 students who were gunned down in Florida exactly one month ago.
(Good Morning America's Twitter account shared video of what they said was from South Lakes High School's walkout, which was embedded in an earlier version of this story, but it appears to actually show a walkout at a school in Maryland and so it has been removed from this article.)
SLHS was subject to its own school shooting scare on Friday, resulting in a lockdown that lasted for hours. Police later determined it was a false report.
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Just a few miles away, hundreds of thousands are expect to descend on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. on March 24 for the "March For Our Lives" to protect gun violence in schools in the United States.
We appreciate the coverage, but that is not South Lakes. Here are some photos of our walkout in the football stadium for gun safety if you would like. pic.twitter.com/bnaP5ZHoUQ
— SL Young Democrats (@slyoungdems) March 14, 2018
Image: Students at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., via Patch staff
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