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In It to Win It

(9,489 posts)
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 07:02 PM Feb 2023

Threatened with suspension, high school student leads classmates on walkout to protest DeSantis

Sun-Sentinel

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Eric Franzblau started by asking the school for permission. It was denied, he said.

The Plantation High School sophomore continued organizing anyway. He made group chats and circulated flyers with peace signs and Black solidarity fists overlaying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ face.

“Join the walkout this Thursday, Feb. 23 to protest Ron DeSantis during your eighth period and tell a friend!!” they read.

School administrators threatened to suspend him, he said.

On Thursday, Franzblau and at least of his high school classmates walked out of their eighth-period class onto the school’s track field to protest DeSantis’ recent efforts to remake education.

The high school joined universities across the state, including the New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of South Florida, the University of Florida, Florida State University, and Florida International University, where Franzblau’s older sister, Maria, who is trans, helped organize the walkout.
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Threatened with suspension, high school student leads classmates on walkout to protest DeSantis (Original Post) In It to Win It Feb 2023 OP
High School and College students are GETTING IT!!! ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2023 #1
'... you can't do that, it's too political' lpbk2713 Feb 2023 #2
They should be supported. Where are the adults? Deuxcents Feb 2023 #3
K/R appalachiablue Feb 2023 #4
It is great that the kids had the courage to stand up against evil. Chainfire Feb 2023 #5

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,043 posts)
1. High School and College students are GETTING IT!!!
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 07:59 PM
Feb 2023

They do not want to be dumbed down. They want to learn history, civics, social studies in an honest manner and with the CORRECT facts. Not DeSatan's way. Nor are they taking kindly the harassment their teachers are getting .

Kudos to the kids in Florida.

lpbk2713

(43,201 posts)
2. '... you can't do that, it's too political'
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 08:30 PM
Feb 2023


I hope a good Civil Rights lawyer takes this case.


(Thanks for the no paywall link)

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
5. It is great that the kids had the courage to stand up against evil.
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 08:58 PM
Feb 2023

There should be scholarships waiting on the leaders.

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