Levy failure prompts student walkout
Lake City High School junior Luke Sharon addresses the crowd Friday as students stage a walkout and rally in response to school levy elections failing at the polls March 14.
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Students hold signs as they gather for a peaceful rally Friday at Lake City High School in response to people voting against the supplemental levy, which funds 25% of the Coeur d'Alene School District's budget. Students are urging community members to vote "yes" May 16 when the levy measure will again go before voters.
Students carry signs and rally Friday in response to the March 14 failure of the supplemental levy.
Senior Piper Benzon carries a sign as she and her classmates walk out of school Friday to rally in response to Coeur d'Alene School District's supplemental levy failing for the first time since 1986.
Students marched with signs in their hands and fires in their hearts as they staged a walkout and rally Friday afternoon on the field behind Lake City High School.
Through biting wind and light snow, they made their voices heard...