On February 6th, at 10:30 AM, students from El Dorado and Valencia High School walked out in response to PYLUSD Trustee Area 3 board member Leandra Blade’s proposed resolution, board policy 1445, and the alleged detainment of an El Dorado student by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on January 26th.
Organized via the Instagram page @edh.vhswalkout, the walkout was a student-run effort advocating a peaceful protest to prevent ICE in our district. The announcement was made on their Instagram page on January 27th, the same day that Blades posted on her social media page resolution board policy 1445, which highlights, “district staff shall not obstruct, interfere with, or otherwise impede an officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement…”
The original plan was for Valencia students to exit through the main push doors on Bradford Avenue, meet Eldorado students who walked out from Valencia Avenue at the cross-section between Madison Avenue and Kraemer Boulevard, then walk down Kraemer Boulevard together to the Placentia Police Station. On the day of, Valencia students walked down Kraemer Boulevard at around 10:40 AM, while Eldorado Students arrived at the Placentia Police Station at 11:16 AM…