Students from at least 18 Maryland schools walked out of class on Friday to demand virtual learning.
The walkout began at noon and was an effort to protest Montgomery County Public Schools COVID-19 learning program, according to organizers.
“We feel unsafe because we don’t really know what’s going on,” said Nora Rudmann, a student at Poolesville High School.
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‘We feel unsafe’ | Students at 18 Montgomery County schools plan to walkout tomorrow at 12p. They want two weeks of virtual learning in @MCPS b/c of the county’s current COVID rate. Here’s Poolesville HS student, Nora Rudmann, with more on @MCPSwalkout2022. (@wusa9) pic.twitter.com/jA4ZOQqRWA
— John Henry (@JohnHenryWUSA) January 20, 2022
“We’re not getting clear communication from the county,” Rudmann continued. “So, you know, we don’t know whether cases are steeply rising or steeply falling right now. It could be either, and we’re not getting clearly told, and that’s kind of a big problem.”
The effort has its own Twitter account @MCPSwalkout2022.
Today is the day! Good luck to all participating, and make sure to stay warm! #mcps #WALKOUT4COVID
— MCPS Students For Virtual | 1 days out! (@MCPSwalkout2022) January 21, 2022
“Today is the day! Good luck to all participating, and make sure to stay warm!” the account tweeted Friday morning.
At the moment, school is only serving to spread COVID and take teachers and students away from classrooms. For this reason, schools need to go virtual TEMPORARILY now to mitigate the problem instead of exacerbating it. #mcps #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/YtvzuDwQnY
— MCPS Students For Virtual | 1 days out! (@MCPSwalkout2022) January 14, 2022
“At the moment, school is only serving to spread COVID and take teachers and students away from classrooms,” another post read. “For this reason, schools need to go virtual TEMPORARILY now to mitigate the problem instead of exacerbating it.”
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The Washington Examiner reached out to Montgomery County Public Schools for comment but did not receive a response.
