- Buchholz High School students faced discipline for participating in a Feb. 6 walkout protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Some students left campus without following required check-out procedures despite repeated warnings, prompting disciplinary action under the Code of Student Conduct.
- Florida’s Education Commissioner issued a memo on February 3 mandating that protests not disrupt instructional time and forbidding staff from encouraging protests during school hours.
An unspecified number of Buchholz High School (BHS) students are facing disciplinary actions stemming from a student walkout on Friday, Feb. 6.
Jackie Johnson, a spokesperson for Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS), sent the following statement to media outlets Friday evening regarding the walkout.
“After receiving information about a potential student walkout planned for today, Friday, February 6, the administration at Buchholz High School notified students and families that participation in any protest during instructional time or any activity that would disrupt instructional time would result in disciplinary action in accordance with the Code of Student Conduct. In preparation, the administration arranged for additional supervision and a law enforcement presence on campus…