Immigration Protests

[queenoftheskies]

Did any of you folks have student walk-outs in your area as part of protests over immigration issues?

How about any of you southern California folks?

Yesterday, at lunch time, I was trapped on a San Gabriel Valley street for maybe 20 minutes while an enormous group of students crossed an intersection, waving flags, chanting, marching.

There were motorcycle officers following them, but I didn't see any rowdiness or anything bad.

They were just blocking streets as they marched.

When I picked up my youngest at school, he said a large number of students where he attends high school had walked out as well. I don't know if they marched or if they just walked out of class in protest.

I do know that the gates were locked and they were not allowed back in after the protests.

My son said one of the teachers told her class that this had happened before and that, once upon a time, students had been suspended for that. She thought that now, the students' parents were sent a bill for the money wasted by their students walking out that day.

I was just wondering if anyone else experienced this in their area and if they thought it made a difference or not.