Thousands of Students Plan School Walkouts Across the U.S. in Protest of in-Person Learning - The Ohio Star

Thousands of Students Plan School Walkouts Across the U.S. in Protest of in-Person Learning - The Ohio Star

by Kendall Tietz Students across the U.S. are planning school walkouts in protest of in-person learning as COVID-19 cases spike amid the rise of the Omicron coronavirus variant.There are nearly 3,500 schools actively disrupted as of Friday, according to Burbio’s K-12 School Opening Tracker, which tracks school closures for 1,200 districts, including the 200 largest school districts in the nation.On Tuesday, New York City students staged a walkou…