Newly obtained emails between Quakertown Community School District officials, Quakertown Borough Police Department leadership and borough officials are shedding new light on the events surrounding the Feb. 20 student walkout that escalated into a physical confrontation and arrests.
The records, released through a Right-to-Know request from PhillyBurbs, reveal both heightened concerns before the protest and a deeply divided response in its aftermath.
According to the emails and the report, school officials moved to cancel the planned walkout just hours before it began after receiving a confidential tip through the state’s Safe2Say system about a potential threat…