{"id":59203,"date":"2025-11-18T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/59203\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:46:08","slug":"skyline-high-students-stage-walkout-protest-against-unsafe-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/59203\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyline High students stage walkout protest against ‘unsafe conditions’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of students walked out of Oakland\u2019s Skyline High School today to protest gun violence. The walkout comes after an incident last Wednesday, Nov. 12, when the school went into lockdown after a teenager was shot on campus<\/a>. Two students were arrested and charged in the incident, each of whom were in possession of \u201cghost guns,\u201d<\/a> according to the Oakland Police Department. OPD said the injured student is expected to recover.<\/p>\n

A call to action posted by students said they were walking out to stand against \u201cUnsafe conditions,\u201d \u201ca lack of student protection,\u201d and the \u201cadministration failing to take action.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe deserve better,\u201d the announcement reads. \u201cWe deserve to feel safe. We deserve to be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Skyline students march down Skyline Boulevard. Credit: Jose Fermoso\/The Oaklandside<\/p>\n

Last Wednesday, Assistant Police Chief James Beere said officers received calls just before 1:30 p.m. of a shooting at the campus. He said police offered medical assistance to a minor victim before transporting him to a local hospital.<\/p>\n

Two suspects were arrested, he said, and police recovered two firearms. Beere did not say if any of the people involved were students, but confirmed they were all minors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe violence that we\u2019re seeing in schools, in the city and nationwide is disgusting,\u201d Beere said. \u201cYou know, these are our children, and having access to firearms alone is unbelievable, let alone that violence is occurring in and around our campuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skyline High\u2019s principal, Rebecca Huang, has called a town meeting for later this week to address student, parent, and staff concerns.<\/p>\n

Last Wednesday\u2019s lockdown was the third of the school year for students at Skyline, a large public high school in the Oakland hills. On Sept. 26, students were sent into secure protocol when OPD responded to a report of a student on campus with a firearm; that report was determined to be false. Then on Nov. 4, students were put into secure protocol a second time as, Skyline said, the school\u2019s security team was seeking to remove \u201can upset parent on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skyline has experienced a number of violent incidents in the last few years, including a stabbing that\u00a0injured a student in 2022<\/a>, a\u00a0shooting in 2023<\/a>\u00a0with no apparent victims, and a\u00a0shooting after graduation in 2024<\/a>\u00a0that injured three people.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story and The Oaklandside has reporters at the campus; check back for updates.<\/p>\n

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