By Jenny Brundin
Sep. 12, 2025, 3:38 pm
Students across Jefferson County walked out of class and protested on Friday to advocate against gun violence and show solidarity with students at Evergreen High School, after a shooting this week at Evergreen High School left three injured and a shooter dead.
Hundreds of students from Wheat Ridge High School and Everitt Middle School walked out of class in the morning, marching to the busy intersection of 38th Avenue and Kipling Street. They lined the streets waving placards that read things like “26 years since Columbine. What’s Changed?” “Books Belong In Schools, Not Bullets,” and “Dead Kids Can’t Learn.”
The protest was one of similar walk-outs in the district this week. Arvada West students walked out on Thursday, and hundreds of Stanley Lake High, Lakewood and Jefferson High students also walked out on Friday.
“We need change,” said Will, 17, who did not give his last name. “School can't be a place where we go to fear. I just want to learn. I shouldn't be scared for politics while I'm trying to learn about how to make the world a better place. I'm done being f--- scared” ...
https://www.cpr.org/2025/09/12/jeffco-students-protest-gun-violence-evergreen-school-shooting/
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