Stoughton students walk out of class to protest Walker’s moves

[boomerbust]

Source: madison .com

About 100 Stoughton High School students walked out of class Monday morning in protest of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to limit the collective bargaining of public employees, including teachers.

The students walked across the street to the parking lot of Stoughton United Methodist Church, where they signed a petition. Several students gave speeches while standing in the bed of a pickup truck.

“Let’s show Gov. Walker that we care about learning and the teachers are worth every cent that we pay to them,” said Theron Luhn, a junior who helped organize the protest, which lasted about an hour.

The students then returned to the building.

Stoughton police observed the protest.



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Bravo! These kids make me proud to be a Cheesehed.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Awesome!!!

[xchrom]

2. very cool! nt

[FSogol]

3. K & R. n/t

[Mojorabbit]

4. This warms my heart!

[madrchsod]

5. my wife and i want to go to madison but no money

she`s an afscme union official here in illinois. solidarity!

[Lifelong Protester]

19. I will be there for you tomorrow.

solidarity!

[madrchsod]

21. thanks..let us know how it went

[reggie the dog]

6. way to go kids!

[AC_Mem]

7. THIS is our future!

I am so proud of these intelligent young people. They will have to deal with the consequences of the idiocy that is our government in 2011.

:grouphug:

[Kingofalldems]

8. K and R

[mascarax]

9. K&R - hope it spreads!

And, of course, hope they all vote in 2012! (And sign the Walker recall petition later this year...)

[Odin2005]

10. WOOT!

[tomg]

11. This is the way it starts

Young people in London, Paris, Rome, Tunisia, Egypt. And now Wisconsin.For all the talk of Tea, it seems something else is brewing.

[ladym55]

12. Hooray for Stoughton High

Great job, kids! I am impressed at how Wisconsin is standing up and fighting back. :applause:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

13. Since it only lasted an hour i guess there wasn't time to call out the NG

[TroglodyteScholar]

14. K & R

Wisconsin's raising plenty of kids who know what's up....

[Joanne98]

15. Stoughton students walk out of class to protest Walker’s moves (Wisconsin)

Source: Wisconsin State Journal

STOUGHTON — About 100 Stoughton High School students walked out of class Monday morning to protest Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to limit the collective bargaining of public employees, including teachers.

The students walked across the street to the parking lot of Stoughton United Methodist Church, where they signed a petition and listened to protest leaders give speeches.

"Let's show Gov. Walker that we care about learning and the teachers are worth every cent that we pay to them," said Theron Luhn, a junior who helped organize the protest.

The students returned to the building after about an hour.



Read more: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/article_544e0402-385b-11e0-a610-001cc4c002e0.html

[bluestateguy]

16. Watch them try to punish the students now

I remember when Governor Pete Wilson was making vicious cuts to public education in the early 90's. Some teachers organized their students to write letter to the governor to stop the cuts. The governor responded---by demanding that the teachers cease having their students write letters.

[Mike 03]

17. Joanne98, happy Valentine's Day, and thank you for all that you

do here at DU. What you bring to our attention here is irreplaceable.

Thanks.

[RainDog]

18. I LOVE to see this solidarity! n/t

[blackspade]

20. Students should walk out nationally.

And parents should too.