Home  News Repression Defend the Princeton 250!
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Defend the Princeton 250! |
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Written by Ian Chinich
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Monday, March 31 2008 |
250 Princeton High School students are facing 2 days of detention after
walking out of class and attending an hour long rally and speak-out
protesting the five-year US occupation of Iraq on March 19th,
2008.Principal Gary Snyder had originally promised that the students
would not receive detention, but reneged when it became clear that
hundreds of student were planning on walking out. Four weeks earlier,
the students were required to miss three periods of class while a New
Orleans band played and Mardi Gras beads were thrown at them. What are
the priorities of Princeton High School? We urge all student and
community members to support students that have the courage to take a
stand and educate themselves.
"This detention is unfair,
because we were taking a chance to voice our opinions and educate
ourselves, which we are not given the opportunity to adequately do so
in school," said Aislinn Bauer, a Princeton High School sophomore and
one of the organizers of the walkout. "We're turning this punishment
into something productive."
"What I do not understand is how
we were able to miss three periods to see Terrance Simien and the
Zydeco Experience perform and throw Mardi Gras beads at us, which had
little to no educational value," said Russell Cavallaro, another
Princeton High School sophomore. "This walkout actually had educational
value. Students were educated on the causes of the war, why it should
never have happened, and had a chance to offer their respects to the
fallen soldiers."
CALL and Email Princeton High School Administrators and demand that the students should be commended and not punished
SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION.
Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/PHS250/petition.html
Office of the Superintendent- Judy Wilson- 609-806-4220
Principal Gary R. Snyder 609-806-4280
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Assistant Principal for grades 10 & 12 Julianne Inverso 609-806-4280, ext 3503
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Assistant Principal for grades 9 & 11 Harvey Highland 609-806-4280, ext 3502
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