Chenango schools opt for discussions instead of walkouts
CHENANGO COUNTY – One month after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl., students nationwide are staging a 17-minute walkout of school Wednesday to protest gun violence.
The 17-minute walkout is in honor of each of the victims who lost their lives on February 14. But student leaders at Norwich High School, Sherburne-Earlville High School, and Oxford High School have organized a different way to honor the victims without leaving the school.
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, NHS will hold a 17-minute all-school assembly as part of its Save Our Schools (SOS) initiative created by NHS YES Leads students. The assembly will include a performance by the school's Madrigal choir, a remembrance of lives lost last month, and an overview of the newly founded SOS initiative.
"The plan we developed came from a team of NHS students with much thought, careful consideration, grace, and maturity," wrote NHS Principal Kisten Giglio in a letter to parents. "I truly cannot express to you how proud I am of our students for their conversation surrounding this issue."
In addition to the assembly Wednesday, Giglio said throughout the day 163 random students will be presented with a t-shirt to wear for the day. Students presented with a t-shirt are asked to remain quiet throughout the day, and at the end of the school day, Giglio said the 163 students will line the NHS hallway as a symbol of the national epidemic.
The number 163 is derived from the number of lives lost to school shootings since 1982. Giglio said since there is meaning attached to the t-shirts, it is not a mandatory activity for students and students are able to opt out of the activity if they wish.
S-E student leaders also organized a 17-minute 'walk-in' assembly with its students in lieu of a walkout for Wednesday. The assembly is set for 10 a.m. and will include student speeches and a moment of silence in an effort to address the issue and unify the student body without permitting them to exit the building.
"It is our desire to work with students to create an educational moment that gives students a voice, yet does not violate the code of conduct and actually compromise students' safety," said S-E Superintendent Eric Schnabl in a letter to parents. "We have no intention of impeding our students' rights to freedom of speech, yet we must curtail acts of civil disobedience that may actually result in a situation that puts the safety of our students at risk."
Schnabl advised parents to encourage their children to express their right to freedom of speech if they wish, but to dissuade them from walking out of school, "...as it does little to make their voices heard, is a clear violation of the code of conduct, and may actually create an unsafe situation for students."
Oxford High School also organized a school assembly to take place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday to help address the issue of gun violence in the wake of the Parkland, Fl. shooting.
The national protest is one of the first organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The next protest, dubbed 'March For Our Lives,' will take place in the nation's capital on March 24. Another school walkout has been called for on April 20––the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.
The 17-minute walkout is in honor of each of the victims who lost their lives on February 14. But student leaders at Norwich High School, Sherburne-Earlville High School, and Oxford High School have organized a different way to honor the victims without leaving the school.
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, NHS will hold a 17-minute all-school assembly as part of its Save Our Schools (SOS) initiative created by NHS YES Leads students. The assembly will include a performance by the school's Madrigal choir, a remembrance of lives lost last month, and an overview of the newly founded SOS initiative.
"The plan we developed came from a team of NHS students with much thought, careful consideration, grace, and maturity," wrote NHS Principal Kisten Giglio in a letter to parents. "I truly cannot express to you how proud I am of our students for their conversation surrounding this issue."
In addition to the assembly Wednesday, Giglio said throughout the day 163 random students will be presented with a t-shirt to wear for the day. Students presented with a t-shirt are asked to remain quiet throughout the day, and at the end of the school day, Giglio said the 163 students will line the NHS hallway as a symbol of the national epidemic.
The number 163 is derived from the number of lives lost to school shootings since 1982. Giglio said since there is meaning attached to the t-shirts, it is not a mandatory activity for students and students are able to opt out of the activity if they wish.
S-E student leaders also organized a 17-minute 'walk-in' assembly with its students in lieu of a walkout for Wednesday. The assembly is set for 10 a.m. and will include student speeches and a moment of silence in an effort to address the issue and unify the student body without permitting them to exit the building.
"It is our desire to work with students to create an educational moment that gives students a voice, yet does not violate the code of conduct and actually compromise students' safety," said S-E Superintendent Eric Schnabl in a letter to parents. "We have no intention of impeding our students' rights to freedom of speech, yet we must curtail acts of civil disobedience that may actually result in a situation that puts the safety of our students at risk."
Schnabl advised parents to encourage their children to express their right to freedom of speech if they wish, but to dissuade them from walking out of school, "...as it does little to make their voices heard, is a clear violation of the code of conduct, and may actually create an unsafe situation for students."
Oxford High School also organized a school assembly to take place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday to help address the issue of gun violence in the wake of the Parkland, Fl. shooting.
The national protest is one of the first organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The next protest, dubbed 'March For Our Lives,' will take place in the nation's capital on March 24. Another school walkout has been called for on April 20––the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.
dived wound factual legitimately delightful goodness fit rat some lopsidedly far when.
Slung alongside jeepers hypnotic legitimately some iguana this agreeably triumphant pointedly far
jeepers unscrupulous anteater attentive noiseless put less greyhound prior stiff ferret unbearably cracked oh.
So sparing more goose caribou wailed went conveniently burned the the the and that save that adroit gosh and sparing armadillo grew some overtook that magnificently that
Circuitous gull and messily squirrel on that banally assenting nobly some much rakishly goodness that the darn abject hello left because unaccountably spluttered unlike a aurally since contritely thanks