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West students walk out | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

West students walk out | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

West students walk out

by Celeste Lavin and Raquel Ronzone

Over 100 students at West Philadelphia High School have walked out of their classrooms at about 1 p.m. today. Borrowing a tactic from the long history of student activism, students say they organized a walkout as a statement to the District about their disappointment and frustration with the ongoing reforms at the school. Students chanted "No education, no life!"

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