Overview
- About 30 East Central High School students were disciplined with in-school and out-of-school suspensions after leaving campus during a Feb. 13 protest that stretched roughly five hours.
- Officials detailed conduct including refusal to return or identify themselves, profanity that disrupted classes, unsafe actions near Highway 87, and obscene gestures toward a passing special needs bus.
- At a Thursday news conference, students and groups including Dare To Struggle and San Antonio Students for Peace urged the district to drop sanctions and expunge records.
- Activists assert at least one expulsion and an initial 45-day alternative placement that was later changed to 45 days of in-school suspension, a claim the district disputes while maintaining no expulsions occurred.
- East Central ISD says consequences varied by individual behavior and history, noted a path to restore suspended privileges, and pointed to state scrutiny and TEA guidance shaping how walkouts are handled.