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ACHS student voices heard: stop school violence How I wish our United States government representatives could sit in the same room with the four ACHS students I met today -- Jenna, Tiana, Rebecca and Carrie -- and experience their energy and common sense and passion for bringing peace and safety to our schools. They stand with those who want the violence stopped now. I stand with the students. By Linda Waggener ACHS assistant principal Travis Gay said Adair County High School leaders asked the students to decide if and how they would participate in the National School Walkout event held today, March 14, 2018. After ground rules were sent by administration, defining the parameters so that safety of students would come first, the rest was left up to the students who selected the day and the agenda. He said they held two meetings with class officers, four from each grade:
Students selected the date, Tuesday, March 13, and selected three different activities to include: (1) students could make posters and balloons with the deceased students names on each to be released at a walkout. (2) students could chose to write sympathy cards to families who lost students at Parkland and at Marshall. (3) students could chose to contact state legislators with the message that violence in schools must be stopped. I met four of the students who chose to make statements Tuesday with their actions -- Jenna Rodgers, sophomore; Tiana Taylor, Senior; Rebecca Heuser, freshman; and Carrie Smith, sophomore. Each of them stands with those across the nation who want the violence stopped. They want grownups to be grown up enough to face the challenge head-on and deal with the growing problem immediately. One student said that while she is not a class officer, she volunteered to participate because it's where her heart is. She lead the work of labeling the balloons with names of each deceased student which would be released into the air at the walkout. She is taking a stand for love and non-violence. One student got involved to help in the walkout because she hopes that each young student coming into ACHS can once again feel as safe as she did on her first day of high school. She no longer feels safe, she is afraid. She wants the violence stopped now. That's why she is taking a stand. One student said she wrote to her legislators, hoping they will ask themselves what they'd do if one of the deceased Parkland students were their own. She comes from a home where there are guns, they are under lock and key and they are used for hunting purposes. She is not sure banning guns is the answer but she wants the violence stopped. One student wrote sympathy cards to families who lost loved ones in both the Parkland High School and at Marshall High School. She recalled the chilling moments of an unanounced lock down at ACHS when fear takes over. No students should have to go through this again. She is taking a stand. How I wish our United States government representatives could sit in the same room with the energy and common sense and passion of these four ACHS students. Our students are living through this, they are digging for facts and demanding that the violence stop. They are going to keep making sure their voices are heard so that answers can come quickly, so that no more lives are lost in our schools. I'm adding my voice with theirs. This story was posted on 2018-03-14 22:49:00
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