CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – More than 100 Monticello High School students walked out of school late Wednesday morning in support of their principal, Dr. Beth Costa. Costa is one of three Albemarle County principals the division announced this week would be out of their buildings for extended periods of time, without sharing any further details.
The students left the building around 10:30 a.m., and roughly 20 students got in cars and drove off. The vast majority walked to the far parking lot near the athletics fields, some holding makeshift signs and chanting “Free Costa” and “We Love Costa.” Monticello has over 1,100 students enrolled.
Schools officials asked media members to stay on a public sidewalk, where a group of about a dozen students approached and held their signs, encouraging some Mill Creek Parkway motorists to honk their horns in support. School administration and faculty members monitored the situation but did not prevent the students from protesting…