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Headline Roundup February 20th, 2018

Florida Students Stage Walkout to Advocate for Gun Control

Summary from the AllSides News Team

A group of students from a Florida high school marched several miles to the site of the recent mass shooting in Parkland, where 17 people were shot and killed.

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Florida students chanting ‘We want change’ walk out of schools to protest gun violence
Florida students chanting ‘We want change’ walk out of schools to protest gun violence

Washington Post

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Students and staff at a South Florida high school walked out of class Tuesday to protest gun violence and marched to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 students and staff members were killed by a gunman using a semiautomatic rifle.

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Florida students walk out of classes, embark on 10-mile walk to site of last week's school shooting
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Approximately 20 students from West Boca Raton High School, Fla., staged a walk-out during school Tuesday and have embarked on a 10-mile walk to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of the Feb. 14 massacre.

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Florida students stage walkout, march toward site of deadly mass shooting
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Hundreds of students from a Florida high school just miles from the site of a deadly mass shooting last week staged a walkout on Tuesday.

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