1,000 Students Protest Administration Action
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More than 1,000 Colton High School students boycotted classes for two hours Thursday to protest the transfer of three assistant principals and a crackdown on student lingering.
Some students climbed onto a campus roof and others threw objects, but there were no injuries, violence or expulsions, said Colton School District spokesman Michael Townsend.
About a dozen students had expressed genuine concern over the transfers, but “many others saw it as an opportunity and excuse to get out of class,” Townsend said.
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