The News Tribune asked student representatives what they think about school resource officers the four Duluth police officers stationed in the public school district.
Thousands of Duluth Public Schools students in grades 1-12 headed back to class Tuesday. District kindergarteners’ first day is scheduled for Thursday.
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Students walked out of Denfeld High School Thursday to draw attention to racial injustice.
They met outside the building where speeches were given and a song was sung on the front steps.
They then marched to Laura MacArthur Elementary School holding signs that demanded change and chanting messages like ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘No Justice, No Peace.’
Saraiya Piantek, a community coordinator at Denfeld High School, said the walkout was organized by students supported by faculty.
“Students came to us as the community coordinators wanting to have a community walkout, seeing that happening at other schools,” Piantek said.
Dozens of students participated in Thursday’s walkout. It lasted roughly an hour.
Alejandra Palacios Created: December 15, 2020 05:52 PM
There is growing concern about youth and young adults in Duluth who have disengaged with school and work during this health pandemic.
That s why the Duluth Workforce Development s program called Youth Employment Services (YES) wants youth to know there is help out there for them during these trying times.
The YES Program offers free employment and education services to eligible youth and young adults that live in Duluth and are ages 16 to 24. Staff from the program say youth need that extra support right now. Being a youth in Duluth, I definitely struggled with facing my obstacles. Knowing that I had that extra support and someone to go to when I needed someone to talk to about it, it was just really helpful, said 25-year-old Saraiya Piantek, who is a past participant of the YES Program.