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Videos: Garfield High School Student Walkout and March Against Budget Cuts | Seattle Education

Videos: Garfield High School Student Walkout and March Against Budget Cuts | Seattle Education:

Videos: Garfield High School Student Walkout and March Against Budget Cuts

After the arrest of Jesse Hagopian, a teacher at Garfield High School, on Monday, November 28th, the students at Garfield organized a march to Seattle City Hall in response to their teacher’s arrest and to his demands to fully fund education in the state of Washington.

Seattle Public Schools have seen the loss of librarians, much-needed family service counselors and college admissions counselors, the reduction of the arts to “art on a cart” and school principals and staff making difficult decisions on the number of teachers they can budget for. School facilities are in poor condition and many