GREENSBORO, N.C. — Hundreds of students at Page High in Greensboro walked out of class on Thursday afternoon in protest of federal immigration enforcement. Page High is one of several North Carolina schools that have held anti-ICE protests this week.
A Page High student alerted WFMY News 2 that a walkout was scheduled for 1:45 p.m. on Thursday. A WFMY News 2 photographer at the scene saw hundreds of students demonstrating, some holding signs, as they walked onto the school’s football field.
According to multiple news outlets, students at AC Reynolds High and TC Roberson High in Asheville also held similar walkouts this week.
Guilford County Schools officials shared the following statement with WFMY News 2 about the protest:…