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Staff resignations prompt students to walk out: Winfield-Mt. Union layoffs prompt turmoil
Resignations of several staff members have roiled the Winfield-Mt. Union School District in southeast Iowa, prompting a student walkout last week.
Last Monday morning, sixth- through 12th-graders at the school in Winfield filed out of their classrooms in support of the teachers who are being forced out.
Juli Thomson, a parent who attended the walkout, said students gathered “peacefully” outside for 10 minutes before returning to class.
“I know not everyone is supportive of this protest, but I feel the majority was,” Thomson said.
Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/staff-resignations-prompt-students-to-walk-out-20190421