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TEXAS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT KILLED ON NATIONAL WALKOUT DAY
https://news.unclesamsmisguidedchildren.com/ ^ | 4/20/18 | Faye Higbee

Posted on 04/21/2018 7:33:42 PM PDT by BBell

El Paso, Texas – An 11 year old Texas middle school student was hit and killed today during the time of the National Walkout when he tried to cross the freeway – Loop 375 in northeast El Paso. Though he was not actually participating in the walkout, he and another group of 12-15 students jumped the wall and left the campus during the walkout. It was a fatal mistake.

The students from Parkland Middle School took advantage of the National Walkout Day today to sneak off and do their own thing. Though a staff member was posted at the front and back doors of the school, the group of students left by a side door.

Jonathan Benko, 11, was struck by a Ford F150 on the busy freeway. Ysleta Independent School District officials are questioning the other members of the group that were with him, trying to determine why they left the sanctioned event. Hint: necause they’re kids, and that’s what kids at that age do…whatever seems most exciting. The actual walkout ended at the football field.

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TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: localnews; middleschool; texas; walkout
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To: BBell

....no adult supervision... Letting
11 year old students roam off school
grounds....NEGLIGENCE!.. PERIOD


21 posted on 04/21/2018 8:30:44 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Is this northeast or far east EP?

I haven’t been on this highway, since it’s completion and cannot remember.


22 posted on 04/21/2018 8:31:59 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: familyop

Yes, in a nutshell.


23 posted on 04/21/2018 8:32:51 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Empireoftheatom48
There is a reason that in specific areas around the country, that one sees high chain link fences in the median.

*Clue: it is not to catch debris like on NASCAR tracks.

24 posted on 04/21/2018 9:04:45 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: BenLurkin

kids are supposed to be in school....this is on the school officials who allowed this “walkout” to occur.


25 posted on 04/21/2018 9:07:29 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Jane Long

North East El Paso.


26 posted on 04/21/2018 9:10:40 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (WWG1WGA!)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Thanks. I was trying to place it.

So sad. Prayers up for his family and friends.

The district will likely be held liable.

OT....what is your fave Mexican Food restaurant in EP?


27 posted on 04/21/2018 9:24:07 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: BBell

Maybe his family can sue Boss Hogg, among others.


28 posted on 04/21/2018 10:05:22 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: BBell

Lesson Learned?

If we ban private vehicle ownership, we could save almost 30,000 lives per year!


29 posted on 04/21/2018 10:08:15 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: BBell

The gun control protesters have blood on their hands!


30 posted on 04/21/2018 10:41:55 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Parkland Middle School? How tragic and ironic re that school name.

My granddaughter found out about an unauthorized planned walkout at her school and told her mother, who then told the school officials who didn’t know about it.

It petered out like George Costanza swimming in cold water.


31 posted on 04/21/2018 11:36:02 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: cherry
all we hear from the teachers union is that they are so overworked and the kids are getting shortchanged and blah blah blah...

and yet, there's time for the kids to be let out to pretend their protesting something....like who isn't against shooting up schools....

32 posted on 04/21/2018 11:39:48 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Doogle

Waiting breathlessly for a statement from David Hogg....waiting...


33 posted on 04/22/2018 3:27:58 AM PDT by lilypad
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To: BenLurkin

“His blood is on the hands of the cynical leftists who run our so-called “educational” system.”

Yes. In their make-believe world, they can’t foresee the consequences of their delusions.

I assume their will be some firings.


34 posted on 04/22/2018 3:46:52 AM PDT by odawg
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To: Sarah Barracuda

+1. Was it a full “auto” car?


35 posted on 04/22/2018 3:47:59 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: lilypad

Grab a seat...bring your lunch?


36 posted on 04/22/2018 4:06:34 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“Should we be calling for a ban on cars”......

No, but banning liberal educators might be a good place to start.


37 posted on 04/22/2018 4:17:08 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: BBell
Yes, elementary school students participate in political rallies unprompted.

Screw the public school teachers that led elementary school-aged children out of the safety of their classes to be their political props.

38 posted on 04/22/2018 4:25:07 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

That school, it’s administrators and teachers ALL have that kids blood on their hands. Promoting such walkouts is, or should be a “criminal” offense. Keep poltics out of schools completely and stop brainwashing the future generations.


39 posted on 04/22/2018 4:31:05 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Trump20162020

That school, it’s administrators and teachers ALL have that kids blood on their hands. Promoting such walkouts is, or should be a “criminal” offense. Keep politics out of schools completely and stop brainwashing the future generations.


40 posted on 04/22/2018 4:36:53 AM PDT by DaveA37
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