Today at 10:00 am nearly 800 of my classmates left their classes armed with markers, posters, and their voices.
We've been planning this walkout for almost a week and we're glad it really happened. Schools all over the district were encouraged to participate but only our school, the great Syracuse Titans, had the courage to go on.
We were threatened with truencies early in the morning from our principle but it didn't hinder us. WE had to be the voices of our teachers. Our teachers who were threatened if they stepped outside then they would be fired as well.
We did this because 10 or more of our teachers are being fired because of an almost 31 million dollar budget cuts to our education.
everytime we elect a president they promise to protect our education. What about now? with class sizes soon to be over 40 kids we will no longer be individuals but just simple numbers.
two of our programs are being cut, Auto 3 and auto 4 plus most of our budgets for drama, art and orchestra.
for what? a new football field for Davis High. For the huge salary our principle makes. We have amazing facilities that will never be used now because of the cuts. A nice auto facility that cannot be used for Auto 1 will pack up dust.
What really made me feel amazing was the fact that we had so many people. Parents came by honking horns to show their support. News cameras and photographers for the newspaper showed to document our thoughts and make our voices heard.
We had to stand up for our teachers because no one else will.
We will not stand to have some of the greatest teachers left in the dust
no teacher left behind
(pictures used from ksl.com deseretnews.com saltlaketribune.com and fox13news)
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