Ohio student suspended for staying in class during walkouts

[TexasTowelie]

HILLIARD, Ohio -- An Ohio high school student says he tried to remain nonpolitical during school walkouts over gun violence and was suspended for a day because he stayed in a classroom instead of joining protests or the alternative, a study hall.

Hilliard senior Jacob Shoemaker says school isn't the place for politics, and he wasn't taking sides.

The district says some students participated Wednesday in a nonpolitical memorial for Florida school shooting victims, and the alternative let non-participating students remain supervised.

Jacob's citation for not following instructions was shared online, prompting a flood of messages to his father.

Scott Shoemaker says some people thought his son was suspended for walking out, and angry comments accumulated, including some that mistook Scott for the principal. He says he also got a couple death threats.

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/ohio-student-suspended-for-staying-class-during-walkouts/CtTnSDb4HZA4SqYNUlqGHJ/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. If he didn't want to participate, then why didn't he go to the study hall during the walk-out?

The school did offer an alternative, albeit one that he rejected. The point was he chose not to leave his classroom which was unsupervised. Schools struggle to monitor and supervise every student and that's why it was likely he was suspended.

[gay texan]

2. The RWNJ are all over this on facebook n/t

[Ohio Dem]

3. The headline should read "Ohio Student Suspended for Refusing to Go to Study Hall." nt

nt