In what is clearly an attempt to prevent antiwar students to protest against the war in the future, 250 Princeton High School students are facing 2 days of detention after walking out of class and attending an hour long rally and speak-out protesting the five-year US occupation of Iraq on March 19th, 2008. Principal Gary Snyder had originally promised that the students would not receive detention, but reneged when it became clear that hundreds of student were planning on walking out.
Four weeks earlier, the students were required to miss three periods of class while a New Orleans band played and Mardi Gras beads were thrown at them. What are the priorities of Princeton High School? We urge all student and community members to support students that have the courage to take a stand and educate themselves.
"This detention is unfair, because we were taking a chance to voice our opinions and educate ourselves, which we are not given the opportunity to adequately do so in school," said Aislinn Bauer, a Princeton High School sophomore and one of the organizers of the walkout. "We're turning this punishment into something productive."
"What I do not understand is how we were able to miss three periods to see Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience perform and throw Mardi Gras beads at us, which had little to no educational value," said Russell Cavallaro, another Princeton High School sophomore. "This walkout actually had educational value. Students were educated on the causes of the war, why it should never have happened, and had a chance to offer their respects to the fallen soldiers."
CALL and Email Princeton High School Administrators and demand that the students should be commended and not punished
SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION.
Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/...
Office of the Superintendent- Judy Wilson- 609-806-4220
Principal Gary R. Snyder 609-806-4280 Gary_Snyder@monet.prs.k12.nj.us
Assistant Principal for grades 10 & 12 Julianne Inverso 609-806-4280, ext 3503 Julianne_Inverso@monet.prs.k12.nj.us
Assistant Principal for grades 9 & 11 Harvey Highland 609-806-4280, ext 3502 Harvey_highland@monet.prs.k12.nj.us