Pennsylvania school to issue more than 200 detentions to students who took part in walkout

A school in Pennsylvania is planning to give more than 200 students detention for taking part in the nationwide walkouts this week to protest gun violence.

About 225 students at Pennridge High School walked out of the school on Wednesday, The Allentown Morning Call reported, citing Superintendent Jacqueline Rattigan.

The students issued detention will serve their punishment on Saturday, according to the publication.

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The school told parents ahead of the walkout in a notice that it would put on an in-house assembly to remember those killed in the Florida school shooting last month. At the assembly, students observed 17 minutes of silence to honor the 17 students and faculty killed in the shooting last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The notice issued to parents at the Pennsylvania school said students who chose to leave the school would face normal consequences. Students who took part in the walkout and were not accompanied by their parents will have to face the punishment.

Students across the country on Wednesday walked out of their schools to protest gun violence and call for action in the wake of the Florida school shooting. Students at the Florida high school and others across the country have been leading the charge to demand that lawmakers implement new gun laws to keep their schools safe.

Other schools had also warned ahead of the walkout that students could face consequences.