Abort the Court AHS Students walk out on Wednesday 5/18/22 in response to the leaked Supreme Court’s future decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade
Photos Courtesy of Connor Tulloch
Interview with Principal Angela Webster Dry Gulch Gazette: Principal Angela Webster:
Why was the protest canceled then uncanceled? “I originally canceled it because when I met with the individuals I said you got to make sure that this is about abortion/anti-abortion, so then I got a call from a parent ‘hey we heard you’re having a protest’ , saying they’re seeing this and that on social media. I got a staff member came with a screenshot , ‘look what’s on their page’. I’m getting phone calls, I’m getting emails. One that it’s going to be dangerous, two that it’s focused on one person, three agreements were broken with the original people. Then, talking to district folks, they were like, let them have a protest and then thinking about it in the morning time. Then, I saw on their page [Arroyo Protest], that they are going to have the protest anyway and I was like no we can’t have that, because if you do your protest anyway then anything can happen. It’s going to be on the news because you [the students] were hurt because we didn’t have sheriffs here, we don’t have extra security here, we didn’t have an administrator out there watching making sure you’re safe. That’s a reason I put it back on, so students can have support from the staff because we have to do things together.”
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How did you feel after the student protest? “I think they felt really good about having a voice, being able to organize a protest, and sharing how they feel about abortion; I think they made their point.”
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Have you learned anything from this experience? “Oh yeah totally! In the past I’ve been an assistant principal, where I’ve had relationships with students because I dealt with discipline. Now as a principal, I deal with parents, adult problems, problems at the school, more so management. I’m seeing that I really need to be out there with the kids and getting to know you all, so that you trust me and know to come to me. I also learned that I need to talk to my APs and remind them to do better with discipline and do a better job. We all can do better. I learn something new everyday.”
