On Feb. 2, 2026, students across Indiana walked out of school in protest against the increase of Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Indiana. More locally, students at Southport High School walked out that morning. When news spread to students at Perry Meridian High School, the neighboring school of Southport, students began preparing for their own walkout after lunch.
During C-Lunch, which was 45 minutes before the impromptu walkout was meant to take place, students were allegedly making signs in the cafeteria in protest of ICE. With only a few minutes left in C-Lunch, Principal Kert Boedicker announced over the PA, “the building will be placed on hold,” and they “will be monitoring who leaves.”
After this announcement, some students in D-Lunch felt upset…