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High‑school students plan walkout to protest detentions; board hears students’ concerns
Summary
Students announced a planned walkout to raise awareness about recent detentions of students with visas and alleged wrongful detentions; the announcement was made during audience communications and board members acknowledged the concern.
Two Champlain Valley Union High School seniors used the audience‑communications portion of the meeting to raise civic concerns. Maya, a senior at CBU, told the board students had organized a walkout scheduled for the following day from 10:30 to 11 a.m. to protest the detention of students who arrived with visas or green cards, and to raise awareness after a recent incident the speaker described as including “a U.S. citizen” among those detained.
Maya said the effort was meant to educate the public and that other high schools across Vermont planned coordinated actions. The board thanked the students for sharing the information and noted that it is important for administrators to be aware of student‑led actions; no board action was taken during the meeting.
Separately, Wiley, a CBU senior, spoke in favor of a phone ban at school, saying that removing phones improved his ability to socialize and that phones had sometimes insulated him from forming in‑person relationships.
Board members acknowledged the student speakers and confirmed the district would coordinate communications and safety planning if students proceeded with the planned walkout.
