Internal emails, messages, and memos from Arizona’s Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) reveal that staff allegedly breached security protocol and violated several school policies by facilitating a student walkout to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this year.

Walkout Details

Hundreds of Flagstaff high school and middle school students walked out of class to protest ICE on January 28. The protest came amid national controversy over the deaths of anti-ICE activists. Immediately after the walkout, many parents, citing safety concerns, expressed outrage that they were not notified that their children had been allowed to leave school premises without their consent.

Documents obtained by America First Legal, a conservative watchdog group, reveal that FUSD officials knew about the walkout days in advance and also coordinated with students. The documents show faculty coordinating during the walkout, with one staff member texting, ‘We have 75 plus students staged outside of fhs [Flagstaff High School] getting ready to walk.’

Parental Concerns

Parents who became aware of the walkout before it happened emailed the district, notifying staff that their children would be absent from school while citing safety concerns. One parent wrote, ‘This school district has broken my trust and neglected your responsibilities and disregard for your own policies.’

America First Legal Senior Counsel James Rogers commented, ‘What these documents show is a stunning betrayal of that trust.’ The district has denied any wrongdoing, stating that they were balancing students’ First Amendment rights, student safety, and school operations.

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