At Student Government’s last planning meeting for ‘Stangs Stand with Parkland, along with deciding the logistics, name, and colors, Student Government was tasked with determining the focus of the event.
“We were definitely focusing on making it (the assembly) not very political, we wanted to focus on the lives that were lost and just honoring them and remembering them,” said Ashley Nita, freshman student government member. “Making sure to say ‘We need change, maybe not now, but we need change to make our school safer and for future people.”
However, some students feel that, that goal was misguided and unachieved.
“When they said, ‘Talk to the person next to you and have an open discussion,’ I thought that it was disrespectful because it was supposed to be about the victims,” Emily Guerrero, freshman, said. “It was supposed to be a silence for them and a memorial more than it was supposed to be people arguing with one another.”
Not all students were disappointed, however.
“I think it’s just great that students like me are going and having a voice about this sort of thing to raise awareness to our representatives that this needs to be changed,” Sarah Graves, senior, said.
The March for Our Lives is tomorrow and student body president Tara Layous, senior, is speaking at the Hammond walk. However, Emily plans to attend the walk in Chicago.
“There will be more people, you can express your views more freely and you can show support with the people there with you,” Emily said.