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Scores of Highland High School students participated in midday walkout to protest gun violence in school.

Last week's deadly Minnesota school shooting prompted similar student walkouts across the country.

Highland High students spoke of their gun-related fears and frustrations at rally in Sugar House Park.

On a typical early Friday afternoon, Highland High School senior Carmen LeCluyse would still be in class — wrapping up her academic week and maybe thinking about some weekend R&R.

But for LeCluyse and scores of her Highland classmates — along with legions of youth across the nation — these are not typical days.

Last week, two children were killed and several more injured in a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. In 2025, there have been 44 scho

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