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FRESNO, Calif (KSEE/KGPE) - Dozens of students from 2 precocious schools successful Fresno near their classrooms successful the mediate of the time connected Friday successful what schoolhouse officials accidental was a protestation against the Trump administration's migration policies.
According to Carlos Castillo with Fresno Unified School District, students chiefly from McLane High School and Duncan High School took portion successful the protestation - which was organized independently of the schoolhouse district.
"District officials recovered retired astir it a mates of days agone done societal media postings," Castillo said. "We've heard from our students and from our teachers that galore students are disquieted astir immoderate of the policies that are coming out."
Castillo says erstwhile module and unit recovered retired astir the protest, they urged students to workout their escaped code connected campus. Students started exiting their classrooms astir 1 p.m. and unit were already extracurricular and prepared for the demonstration.
"We've been successful connection with Fresno Police Department," Castillo said. "To assistance america with the unit to marque definite our kids enactment safe."
However, the students decided to locomotion disconnected field into what the Fresno Unified School District says was an uncontrolled situation extracurricular the schools' boundaries.
"From what we've heard, students privation to amusement the nationalist that they are not successful statement with immoderate of the policies coming retired from the administration," said Castillo. "Instead of them staying connected campus, they decided to locomotion disconnected campus."
Castillo says an estimated 400 to 500 students took portion successful this protestation - adding that much protests whitethorn beryllium coming successful the future.
