On Monday, dozens of Denver School of the Arts students walked out of class in response to proposed layoffs. The proposed layoffs are part of the Collaborative School Committee’s recommendations for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 .
The committee is made up of family, staff and community and is mandated by Colorado law for all schools.
“I got angry. I got really angry. And I am not only angry, I am scared,” said Hayden Ferrandino, a sophomore at DSA who helped organize the walkout.
Ferrandino said the pending layoffs have torn the school apart.
“We saw teachers tear up in classrooms,” Ferrandino said.
DSA students organized the walkout and compiled a list of concerns. Some of those include claims that DSA’s administration “created a hostile work environment” that pitted teachers against each other.