Thousands of Georgia students took part in a statewide school walkout on Friday.
The walkout comes on the hills of the Apalachee School Shooting. Countless students who feel unsafe in schools are speaking out against gun violence.
News Chopper 2 captured hundreds of students walking out of Wheeler High School. Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell was at Wheeler High School in Cobb County as students held signs and spoke out against violence.
They taped pictures of victims who lost their lives in the Apalachee shooting, on a fence near the bleachers of the football field. They also taped sticky notes on the same fence, each note described why students chose to walk out of school.
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Students chanted “ We want change, we want change ” as they held signs.
“We cannot continue saying never again with this track record”, said one student who spoke into a microphone.
School officials allowed students to participate in the statewide school walkout. Some students gave speeches centered around the demands to end gun violence in schools.