Parents support protesting students (updated)
Students protested again today, although in smaller numbers:
More than 50 students from Marshall Middle School did not immediately show up for class Wednesday morning. Instead they showed up the reflection pond by City Hall. The protest was not as large Tuesday's protest at City Hall and ended before 11 a.m.
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The students ended their protest by wading in the reflection pond before getting on two Houston Independent School District buses to go back to class.
Sylvia Lopez, the mother of one of the students who protested, said she was not upset that her daughter missed her first classes.
"I am proud of my daughter because she is here. That means she cares about what is going on. I don't have to explain it to her. I don't have to tell her what's going on … she understood that," Lopez said.
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Unlike previous protests, there was not a long march for students at North Shore High School. The student protesters were corralled into the Galena Park Independent School District stadium and kept there.
"Now, they are treating us like dogs. They won't let anybody out. They don't want to hear us out. They think we are playing," a student told KPRC Local 2.
Parents were allowed to pick up their students and return them to school without an absence.
The parents who KPRC Local 2 spoke with said they support their children's actions.
"They are voicing their opinions. The kids … they are no different than us. They may not know exactly how to do it but this is the only way they know how," one parent said.
Lovely parents. Did the students get another meeting with Mayor White and (temporarily only a) Councilwoman Carol Alvarado?
And then there's this:
"The news is saying that we are just walking, looking dumb, talking about we don't know where we are going. We know what we are doing. We are standing up for our beliefs so we can stay and get a better education, and so our future children can have a better life," Aguilar said.
Where? In America or in Mexico? It's confusing with all those Mexican flags being waved around.
By the way, TAKS testing gets underway again next week. Protesting during school hours won't help these kids with TAKS prep.
UPDATE: Oh my:
The Mexican flag was flying outside Reagan High School Wednesday morning alongside the U.S. and Texas flags.
Reagan principal Robert Pambello decided to fly the flag after a discussion with his students, according to HISD spokesman Terry Abbott.
When someone saw the flag and complained, the regional HISD supervisor called the principal and ordered him to remove the flag.
Abbott said possible punishment for Pambello is under discussion.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 03/29/06 12:54 PM | Houston Miscellany | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (11)
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