New York Students Suspended for Protesting Budget Cuts
A Long Island school district gave its students a civics lesson they won't forget, suspending hundreds of middle schoolers who walked out recently to protest budget cuts.
A Long Island school district gave its students a civics lesson they won’t forget, suspending hundreds of middle schoolers who walked out recently to protest budget cuts. –YL
WAIT BEFORE YOU GO...The Times Union:
The New York Civil Liberties Union has criticized a Long Island school district for suspending students who walked out of class to protest budget cuts.
The NYCLU said in a letter last week to the Central Islip (EYE’-slihp) district that the students were exercising their constitutional rights and “should be praised for their idealism.”
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