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Threatened with suspension, high school student leads classmates on walkout to protest DeSantis [View all]
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Eric Franzblau started by asking the school for permission. It was denied, he said.
The Plantation High School sophomore continued organizing anyway. He made group chats and circulated flyers with peace signs and Black solidarity fists overlaying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ face.
“Join the walkout this Thursday, Feb. 23 to protest Ron DeSantis during your eighth period and tell a friend!!” they read.
School administrators threatened to suspend him, he said.
On Thursday, Franzblau and at least of his high school classmates walked out of their eighth-period class onto the school’s track field to protest DeSantis’ recent efforts to remake education.
The high school joined universities across the state, including the New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of South Florida, the University of Florida, Florida State University, and Florida International University, where Franzblau’s older sister, Maria, who is trans, helped organize the walkout.
The Plantation High School sophomore continued organizing anyway. He made group chats and circulated flyers with peace signs and Black solidarity fists overlaying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ face.
“Join the walkout this Thursday, Feb. 23 to protest Ron DeSantis during your eighth period and tell a friend!!” they read.
School administrators threatened to suspend him, he said.
On Thursday, Franzblau and at least of his high school classmates walked out of their eighth-period class onto the school’s track field to protest DeSantis’ recent efforts to remake education.
The high school joined universities across the state, including the New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of South Florida, the University of Florida, Florida State University, and Florida International University, where Franzblau’s older sister, Maria, who is trans, helped organize the walkout.
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