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RockaFowler

(7,429 posts) Mon Feb 19, 2018, 11:27 AM Feb 2018

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Students are walking out of classes today

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This is Olympic Heights High School in Boca Raton, FL - just north of Parkland.

I'm so proud of these kids

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Students are walking out of classes today (Original Post) RockaFowler Feb 2018 OP

No school in the Los Angeles area Iliyah Feb 2018 #1

I thought there was no school today. Presidents Day. ?? Beakybird Feb 2018 #2

My kids have school. Borchkins Feb 2018 #3

Makeup day RockaFowler Feb 2018 #4

Palm Beach County does. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2018 #5

I would canfeild123 Feb 2018 #6

That seems like a really bad idea oberliner Feb 2018 #7

Better than a funeral for them. GeorgeGist Feb 2018 #16

Crossed my mind, too OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #8

The national walkout is scheduled for tomorrow 2/20 n/t left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #9

With a good percentage of kids not in school for winter break, it's meaningless Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #10

Locally ... left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #11

It makes it tough Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #12

I checked our local school schedule left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #13

Looks like they tie it to different holidays for some of it Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #15

Students now staging a "die in" in front of White House. RockaFowler Feb 2018 #14

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

1. No school in the Los Angeles area

Reply to RockaFowler (Original post)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 11:30 AM

Feb 2018

and I will encourage my daughters to do the same in the future!

Times Up!

Beakybird

(3,333 posts)

2. I thought there was no school today. Presidents Day. ??

Reply to RockaFowler (Original post)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 11:32 AM

Feb 2018

Borchkins

(724 posts)

3. My kids have school.

Reply to Beakybird (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 11:33 AM

Feb 2018

Madison, WI

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)

4. Makeup day

Reply to Beakybird (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 11:36 AM

Feb 2018

We had lost classes in September due to Hurricane Irma, so today was one of the makeup days

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,184 posts)

5. Palm Beach County does.

Reply to Beakybird (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 11:51 AM

Feb 2018

For whatever reason.

canfeild123

(18 posts)

6. I would

Reply to RockaFowler (Original post)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 12:18 PM

Feb 2018

suspend all education until the pukes can get this figured out! NO MORE SCHOOL TILL NO MORE GUNS!

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

7. That seems like a really bad idea

Reply to canfeild123 (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 12:19 PM

Feb 2018

Are parents supposed to stay home from work to watch their kids?

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

16. Better than a funeral for them.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 20, 2018, 08:29 AM

Feb 2018

OhNo-Really

(3,985 posts)

8. Crossed my mind, too

Reply to canfeild123 (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 12:27 PM

Feb 2018

not feasible sadly

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

9. The national walkout is scheduled for tomorrow 2/20 n/t

Reply to RockaFowler (Original post)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 01:10 PM

Feb 2018

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)

10. With a good percentage of kids not in school for winter break, it's meaningless

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #9)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 01:16 PM

Feb 2018

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

11. Locally ...

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 01:21 PM

Feb 2018

Our 'Winter break' is over the Christmas - New Year's holidays.

Our Spring break is March 26-29.

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)

12. It makes it tough

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #11)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 01:22 PM

Feb 2018

That's typically billed as Christmas vacation

February is winter break

April is spring vacation

But we're in school here from September through mid-june on average.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

13. I checked our local school schedule

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #12)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 01:27 PM

Feb 2018

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)

15. Looks like they tie it to different holidays for some of it

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #13)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 01:37 PM

Feb 2018

The Presidents Day holiday is what this break is tied to whereas their March one has the Vernal Holiday, which is not here in New England.

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)

14. Students now staging a "die in" in front of White House.

Reply to RockaFowler (Original post)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 01:27 PM

Feb 2018

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