It’s time to enforce the law and ensure that our children are focused on their education rather than on being used as pawns in the political battles of grown-ups.
In an affluent suburb of Milwaukee in mid-January, dozens of students left school in the middle of the day to protest actions by federal immigration authorities to detain and deport people in the U.S. illegally. Similar walkouts have been staged recently in Minneapolis, Oregon, Long Island, and elsewhere. And over the past few years, walkouts to protest against Israel were organized in Montgomery County, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, and Boston, among other places. It’s fair to say that groups of students leaving school in left-leaning communities to advocate for leftist concerns has become a regular feature of the educational landscape.
But these walkouts are typically not the spontaneous result of students seeking to express themselves. In almost all cases, these walkouts are encouraged, organized, or at a minimum facilitated by adults. To the extent that adults enable students to leave school so they can engage in political activism, they are in danger of violating the law.
Let’s consider the recent walkout in the Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood, Wisconsin. Being absent from school without a valid excuse is considered truancy, which is prohibited by Wisconsin law. Wisconsin law also forbids contributing to truancy, which “is violated by any person 17 years of age or older who, by any act or omission, knowingly encourages or contributes to the truancy of a child.”
Two state representatives, Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy, joined the students in their walkout and made speeches to the small crowd, praising them for their action. They led the group in chanting “stand up, fight back” and “abolish ICE.” While these political expressions are certainly protected speech, encouraging students to leave school by joining them and praising them would very likely constitute contributing to truancy. At a minimum, failing to tell them that they legally should be in school would be an omission that contributed to truancy.
The leaders of the Shorewood School District may also have contributed to this truancy. While the district sent a letter to parents saying that the school did not sponsor the walkout, the letter did offer that “parents could excuse their students for the walkout by calling the attendance office.” The district offered this option despite declaring on its website that “regular attendance is a key part of student success in the Shorewood School District.” District policy lists examples of permitted “Parent-Excused Pre-Planned Absence,” such as medical appointments or attending a funeral, but participating in a political demonstration is not among those excused absences. --->READ MORE HERE
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Providence Student Union reported hundreds of thousands in salaries while promoting Friday protest as 'student-led' action
Throughout last week, the Providence Student Union promoted a "student-led" anti-ICE walkout from the city's public schools.
"STUDENTS OF PPSD: WALK OUT FOR JUSTICE," began a Monday Facebook post from the student union announcing the event.
"This Friday at 1:30 PM, students across Providence Public School District will walk out to speak out against the injustices of ICE and to stand in solidarity with Minneapolis, which has called for a nationwide shutdown in response to ongoing violence and harm caused by federal immigration enforcement," the post said. "This is a peaceful, student-led action to demand accountability, dignity, and humanity for immigrant communities."
"If we don't stand now, when will we?"
Later posts railed against federal immigration enforcement authorities.
"This walk out is about refusing terror against immigrant communities and calling for justice and showing student power," said one post, adding graphics that further explained the goals of the walkout. "Dress warm, show up, and share, share, share — the more people who know, the stronger our message. We cant [sic] wait to see you all there!"
The stated goal of the walkout was solidarity with the Minneapolis activists who have been wreaking havoc amid federal immigration enforcement operations for months. In particular, the group honored Renee Good and Alex Pretti, anti-ICE agitators who died at the hands of law enforcement.
The Providence Student Union is officially unaffiliated with the school district, and operates as a donor-funded nonprofit organization. On 2025 tax forms, the group reported that it paid more than $76,000 to officers, directors, trustees and key employees, and almost $300,000 in "other salaries and wages." --->READ MORE HERE
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