The streets of Santa Monica and across the Southland rang out with the cries of protesters last week, decrying efforts by the U.S. Government to enact stricter legislation against illegal immigrants. Many of last week’s protests were spearheaded by high school students, who staged a series of walkouts — leaving school to march and make their voices heard.
So this week, Q-Line wants to know: Should students be excused from school to exercise their freedoms of speech, or does this open the floodgates for all students to skip out on classes for any causes?
Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 3, 2006. Read the original PDF.