Approximately 75 Mission Hill Middle School students joined a walkout during the last period of the day Thursday to stand up against gun violence in schools and demand action. Gavin Roth, an eighth grader at Mission Hill, organized the walkout in coordination with national walkouts in response to the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minnesota. The Mission Hill students marched past Santa Cruz High, down Pacific Avenue and convened at the Town Clock. They chanted, When students’ lives are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!” with community support from bystanders. (Contributed — Kaley Roth)

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