Today's students expect to have voice

[struggle4progress]

CLEVELAND - <snip>

In Cuyahoga Falls, 200 students left class last week to voice displeasure about teacher layoffs. <snip>

Last month in Hudson, about 400 students walked out in support of principal Roger Howard, whose contract was not renewed for what the school board repeatedly has said were confidential reasons.

Police used pepper spray to break up that protest. After that, large groups of parents and students attended board meetings to contest the decision. Students created a Web site devoted to the cause that outlined their stand. They started producing T-shirts, bumper stickers and a set of "talking points."

Last Monday, more than 200 people packed a high school library for a last-ditch effort to save the principal's job. The board was unmoved and several students, many of whom had just turned 18, vowed to oust their elected officials in the next election. <snip>

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