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Detroit High school students protest for education reform |
About 50 students from a high school in Detroit have been suspended after staging a walk-out to protest deteriorating conditions in the school. Public schools in the area have lost about 100,000 students during the past decade due to poor management.
They gathered outside the building amid cries of "We want… education! When do we want it? Now!"
Parents reportedly organized the march after the consistent absence of a number of teachers and the dismissal of the principal. Students had allegedly been out of lessons for weeks due to a shortage of staff.
Parent and pupils alike were taken aback when Frederick Douglass was no longer listed as an application school in the district, meaning that current students had to re-apply to attend the next academic year.
"We've been wronged and disrespected and lied to and cheated," said senior Tevin Hill to local newspaper, the Detroit Free Press.
"They didn't listen to us when we complained to the administration. They didn't listen to the parents when they complained to the administration, so I guess this is the only way to get things solved," he stressed.
Detroit Public Schools spokesperson maintained that the district council remained dedicated to keep the school open and addressed the topic of negligent teachers saying “teachers who abuse sick time will be reprimanded."
Hundreds of student staged a walk-out earlier in March at nearby Denby High over administrative changes at the school.
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Striking Detroit public school teachers walk the picket line in front of Mumford High School in day 12 of their strike. |
Official government figures put unemployment in Detroit at below 30 per cent, but local authorities dispute this, claiming that it is in fact closer to 50 per cent.
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