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Mounds View students join national school walkout
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Mounds View High School students joined a national school walkout April 20 advocating for school safety. BY DIANA ZHU THE VIEWER
“We are the future. If politicians don’t listen to us, we will vote them out this November. This is not about political parties anymore. This is about safety and common sense,” senior YooJin Hwang shouted from atop Mounds View High School’s front steps. About 150 students gathered outside of the school’s front door to take part in the National School Walkout April 20. Honoring the 19th anniversary of the deadly Columbine shooting, the demonstration served not only as an act of unity within Mounds
View but also a powerful message to politicians and adults nationwide. The Mounds View walkout began with a group of seniors led by Ryanna Buganski in hopes of initiating change in government laws. The movement picked up traction on Facebook, then received approval from the administration. The organizers feel that the government and media portrayal of the issue surrounding school shootings has evolved from a gun rights policy debate to a human rights issue. “They make it this, ‘You have to be Republican or a Democrat to support SEE HIGH SCHOOL WALKOUT, PAGE 9
Chippewa Middle School student Ava Ernst speaks to fellow students about how they can make their school safer during a student-led walkout in memory of lives lost in the Columbine, Colorado school shooting in 1999 and Lakeland, Florida shooting earlier this year. Also pictured are student leaders Mackenzie Dahl, Talia Moore and Poppy Robertson.
Middle school students stand up for school safety BY SARA MARIE MOORE EDITOR
Lockdown drills are not normal in other parts of the world, said Chippewa Middle School student Poppy Robertson to about 200 fellow students who participated in a student-led walkout April 20. Robertson moved to the U.S. from England in 2015 and was excited to go to school in America. However, within her fi rst two weeks of school,
a lockdown drill was held and she was terrified. She had never heard of a lockdown drill before. “In U.S. schools, it is normal to go through drills and learn how to protect ourselves in case someone comes into the school with a weapon,” Robertson said. However, that was not normal in England or many other places in the world, she noted. SEE MIDDLE SCHOOL WALKOUT, PAGE 9
North Oaks Company developing township parcel BY MAGGIE STANWOOD CONTRIBUTING WRITER
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP — About 28 more homes are coming to White Bear Township after the Town Board approved a major subdivision during an April meeting. North Oaks Company, which owns 28 acres between Peterson Road and Centerville Road, plans to develop nearly 11 acres into a neighborhood called Cambridge Downs with 28 single-family, mostly single-story homes. The lot is
currently vacant, and its zoning allows up to 32 homes. Residents who showed up at the meeting expressed concerns with the development, which they said would change the character of the quiet neighborhood. “I’m rather shocked by the density of the development,” said resident Leif Eischen. “It seems to me it does not fit in with the character of the township. I’m going to have three backyards on the side of my property. That seems like a lot. I’m also very concerned about
the traffic.” The development would also allow for the construction of a 32-foot road. In a letter to the Planning Commission last January, North Oaks Company President Mark Houge said the development would have a homeowner’s association “to both enforce high-quality design standards and maintain exterior site improvements.” The infrastructure will be oversized to accommodate future connections to sanitary SEE DEVELOPMENT, PAGE 17
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