Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images(CHICAGO) Students are walking out of their classes in Boston, Chicago and other cities across the country in protest of in-person learning conditions as COVID-19 rages on. Public school students in Boston left their classrooms at 10:30 a.m. Friday to demand that local leaders take more initiative in reducing the spread of COVID-19 in schools and implement a two-week period for remote learning. "We will then stand there for exactly 10 minutes, one minute for every hundred thousand new COVID-19 cases found on the 2nd of January," according to a post from the student-run Massachusetts COVID Walkout Instagram page. Following the walk-out, students held a webinar to discuss their fears about the handling of the pandemic in schools. Students at the virtual event recounted their urge to take action and keep their fellow students, teachers and staff safe. They are demanding a two-week remote learning period, proper Personal Protective Equipment
Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images(CHICAGO) Students are walking out of their classes in Boston, Chicago and other cities across the country in protest of
Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images(CHICAGO) Students are walking out of their classes in Boston, Chicago and other cities across the country in protest of
Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images(CHICAGO) Students are walking out of their classes in Boston, Chicago and other cities across the country in protest of
(CHICAGO) Students are walking out of their classes in Boston, Chicago and other cities across the country in protest of in-person learning conditions as COV