A pro-Palestinian high school walkout was canceled after local Democratic officials penned a letter to the superintendent calling on the school to protect Jewish students.
The “school approved walkout” at Eastern Regional High School was slated for Friday, the fifth day of Passover, and will be replaced with a “rally for peace” on May 20. Militant anti-Israel protests have engulfed schools around the country over the last week, resulting in many arrests.
“This is going to now cause Voorhees Township to commit resources from public safety to make sure the walkout remains peaceful. This is going to cost taxpayer dollars,” Voorhees Township deputy mayor Jason Ravitz said. “You have opened a door in allowing this walkout to occur, knowing that you cannot thereafter police the anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric that will undoubtedly follow,” the South Jersey officials wrote.that after student leaders met with the school’s principal and vice principals yesterday, “those students informed the principal they would not stage the walkout, after discussing information about the serious and concerning rhetoric occurring on social media around this planned event.
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