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Vol. 74/No. 19      May 17, 2010

 
New Jersey students protest cuts
 
BY SUSAN ANMUTH  
NEWARK, New Jersey—Some 2,000 students marched out of Newark high schools at noon on April 27 to protest projected New Jersey education cuts of $820 million. An estimated 18,000 students demonstrated across the state.

Armon Walker from Irvington High School said his principal forbade students to walk out, but Walker and seven friends did so anyway. Asked what might happen when they return, he shrugged his shoulders and said, “We have the right to protest.”

Amanda Carey, in 11th grade at East Side High School, explained, “I personally walked out because Chris Christie’s budget cuts will lead to the closing of our school clubs. It’s about time our voices were heard above everybody else’s.” Christie is the governor of New Jersey.

Demonstrators carried handwritten signs reading, “Our futures are on the line,” “Christie out, teachers in,” and “I bet you Governor C.C. likes his breakfast,” referring to the proposed elimination of school breakfast programs.  
 
 
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