Students at the largest high school in Westchester County staged a walkout Monday afternoon to show support for a classmate and raise concerns about sexual violence. AielloTV reports.
-- Students at the largest high school in Westchester County staged a walkout Monday afternoon to show support for a classmate and raise concerns about sexual violence.Hundreds of students left the building at noon to gather on a practice field outside the high school. They were taking a stand in support of a classmate who may have been sexually assaulted off campus.
"That's what today was about. Giving students space and voice to be able to express their opinions and that's really important," Superintendent Jonathan Raymond said.Smartphone video "I can't speak to the past, Tony, because I'm new here. But I can tell you under my team and my administration we take this seriously," Raymond told CBS2."It manifests in that we do thorough investigations, we refer incidents to law enforcement, we get to the bottom of issues."
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