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Missouri school bars students from re-entering campus grounds after gun control walkout

US news February 27, 2018
Students at Riverview Gardens High School in St. Louis staged a walkout in protest of gun violence and a call for gun control. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, once their protest was over, administrators did not allow them to return to school. Later, in response to the backlash, the school reversed its decision.
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· 27 Feb 2018

Several dozen Riverview Gardens High students have walked out of school to protest gun violence and call for gun control.

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· 27 Feb 2018

Riverview Gardens junior Kenidra Woods calls for background checks for gun sales, metal detectors in school to keep students safe from guns

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· 27 Feb 2018

Riverview Gardens students are being told by a Riverview security employee that they won’t be let back into school after walking out to protest gun violence.

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· 27 Feb 2018

Riverview Gardens students are expressing concerns that their campus isn’t safe enough to prevent a shooting, saying they don’t feel the school perimeter is secured despite the presence of security officers

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· 27 Feb 2018

. tells me he’s watching Riverview Gardens officials block high school students who are trying to get back into school after they walked out to protest gun violence.

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· 27 Feb 2018

Students were also told that they won’t be able to ride the bus home.

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· 27 Feb 2018

Wow. Missouri high school students stage walkout in gun protest—and school officials refuse to let them enter the school when they return.

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· 27 Feb 2018

St. Louis high school bars students from returning to class after gun control walkout

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· 27 Feb 2018

Update: School officials appear to have reversed the decision to refuse kids entry to the school and buses.

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· 27 Feb 2018

Whoever initially made the decision that the kids would not be allowed back in the buildings or to ride their school buses home needs to have their heads examined. Riverview Gardens High Students Stage Walkout, Call For Gun Laws

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· 22 Feb 2018

Teen activism has spanned back throughout several generations in American history.

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