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Oswego High School students walk out of class to protest actions of ICE agents · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego High School students walk out of class to protest
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  actions of ICE agents. Written by Eric Shelkoff, This article
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  is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  by Everlett. Oswego High School junior alex Neediaz doesn't like
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  to see the turmoil many families are facing because of
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  the actions of Immigration and Customs enforcement agents across the country.
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  Neives and his fellow classmates put their concerns into action
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  by participating in a walkout on Friday to protest the
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  ICE policies of the Trump administration. Families are not supposed
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  to be torn apart, said Nivas, whose parents are from Mexico.
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  In America, it's supposed to be the land of the free.
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  We're supposed to look for opportunities and build a future
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  for our children. It's just something that's not right that
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  is going on right now. Neives and his classmates walked
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  out of Oswego High School shortly before noon. Many of
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  them held signs condemning the actions of ICE as they
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  walked through Oswego. The protest ended with a rally at
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  Hudson Crossing Park in downtown Oswego. Neves said he was
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  pleased to see so many students participating in the walkout.
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  We're here to support each other along the way, he said.
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  Hopefully this will spread a huge message around the nation.
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  Schools all over the country saw student stage similar protests
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  on Friday. Kathy and Robert Perry are the parents of
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  a Oswego High School student who participated in the walkout.
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  They said they are proud of their daughter. It takes
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  a lot of bravery to do something like this, and
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  I'm really proud of all these kids, Kathy Perry said.
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  Robert Perry agreed. In the long run, this is their future,
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  he said, it's very much their future. It's not ours
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  that time has passed. This is their future. They need
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  to fight for what is right. Oswego School District three
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  to eight Superintendent and Ahlid kelgat He said in a
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  message on the district's website that the district respects and
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  acknowledges the First Amendment rights of students to express their
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  views and is committed to fostering student voice and advocacy. However,
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  it is important for students and families to understand that
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  any time a student is absent from class, standard school
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  attendance policies apply. He said, students who leave school for
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  a walkout will be considered unexcused, and appropriate consequences may
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  follow in accordance with student rights and responsibilities. Five. If
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  students leave campus and later return, they must re enter
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  through the main entrance and complete check in procedures before
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  accessing the building. Kelgati said, we encourage families to speak
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  with their students about exercising their voice and advocating for
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  what they believe in, while doing so safely and making
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  responsible choices, he said. In the post if Layer posted
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  on social media, states that Oswego East High School is
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  planning a similar walkout on February thirteenth,