The National School Walkout

[1] The walkout was one of many protests against gun violence in the United States that erupted in response to the Parkland high school shooting on February 14, 2018.

[2] Many walkouts consisted of the incorporation of open mics, to guest speakers and even voter registration sections; where senior students that were eligible, registered to vote.

The April 20 walkout organized by Murdock was set to last until the end of the school day, because the issue is one that needed to be ‘'addressed [for] longer than 17 minutes".

[8] This was said in reference to the March 14 walkout, which lasted for 17 minutes to mark the 17 lives lost at the Marjory Stone High School shooting, after which students returned to their classrooms.

Many members from the school community expressed their dislike of the walkout being held on that day and made it clear that they did not support it.

as opposed to a walkout.”[10] The New York City Department of Education announced that students who were absent from school due to the walkout would be marked with an unexcused absence.