Newark high school students protest conditions
October 8, 2010
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NEWARK, N.J.—Two weeks after Newark schools received a $100 million donation from the founder of Facebook, students in one high school there used the social networking site to stage a protest.
On Thursday, students at Barringer High School in Newark walked out of class in protest, saying their school is unsafe and unsanitary.
Students tell The Star-Ledger of Newark there are rats, mice, cockroaches, spiders, guns and fights in the hallways.
During the afternoon protest, students left the building in waves of 10 or 20, but some said security guards blocked doors to prevent anyone from
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