Middle School students walkout and stage a demonstration

Middle School students holding the Pan-African flag standing in the center of a man-made circle formed by their peers.

“We want [to be] a school, not a business!” shouted students, as they stood near the flagpole in the middle of Howard University’s yard.

Students from the Middle School of Mathematics and Science–also known as (MS)²–decided to stage a walkout which eventually led them to demonstrate on the yard of Howard University. Students started walking out at approximately 11 a.m. and proceeded to hold hands and form a circle; about 100 students were involved in this demonstration. They proceeded to demonstrate even in the cold, only focused on the task of getting their voices heard. In fact, one student told me they were missing lunch for this. Something told me lunch was the least of their worries. They craved only one thing– their right to a fair and honest education.

The…