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Protests
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
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Photos Courtesy of Connor Tulloch
Interview with Principal Angela Webster
Dry Gulch Gazette: Principal Angela Webster:
DGG: AW:
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.”
“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.”
How did you feel after the student protest?
DGG: Have you learned anything from this experience?
AW:
Interview Protest Organizer Sophomore Toby Frischknecht
Dry Gulch Gazette: Why did you organize the protest?
Sophomore Toby
Frischknecht:
DGG: How did you feel when the protest was canceled?
TF: “I was upset personally, part of the reason it was canceled was because there were certain names that were dropped on that page, full names, and those had to be taken down and I totally understand that completely and utterly. I have my own personal reasons on why I take issue with parents who had concerns about it considering that I had talked to AP I had been over this with AP a million times about the plan of how we were going to leave how everything was going, teachers that were involved, teachers that okayed it. I just didn’t like the way that parents were reacting, especially since they obviously didn’t know what was actually going on since I don’t think administration was talking to them properly about it.” DGG: How do you think it went?
TF: “I think it went really well. I liked the participation a lot of students had in it. The excitement some people had to participate in it along with the fact that a lot of people sent me very personal messages about how they felt that were definitely very heartwarming and sweet.”
Why did you particiapte in the walkout?
Jahnna Lacuesta
“It’s not right for men to tell women what they can and can’t do with their body. It’s their body, their choice. So I chose to participate to show nothing like this should be happening.
Esmeralda Moreno
