Michigan: Hundreds of Lansing High School Students Protest Cuts At The Capitol

[Purveyor]

LANSING - More than 300 Lansing high school students have descended on the Capitol this morning, mainly to protest cuts to K-12 education proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder.

The largest group of students - about 200 from Eastern High School - marched about 11 blocks from the school's parking lot along the sidewalks to the Capitol, where they congregated on the building's steps with other students from Everett and Sexton high schools.

Many waved picket signs that read "No Cuts to Education" and "We're walking out because we're not giving in!" before the group moved into the Capitol rotunda, filling all three floors and chanting "Save our Schools!" and "No More Cuts!"

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[suston96]

1. Do you hear the people sing.......?

Singing the songs of angry men...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6-5g78Nr6Q

At the end of this 25th Anniversary spectacular the past performers and producers hand off the baton to a younger generation - kids march into the auditorium singing that song.....deeply moving indeed.

The young will and must save this country. We old fucks have just about lost it.

[Vidar]

2. Good reference and great song. Applauding the Lansing students!

[TheModernTerrorist]

3. I love those students!

I used to sub at Eastern High School (it was about half a mile from my house). I enjoyed working there.