High school students walk out at Sandburg, Stagg and Reavis to support cease-fire in Gaza

About 100 students walked out of each of the three schools, witnesses and witnesses say.

Heavy police and staff presence locked down the perimeters of three Chicago high schools.

Demonstrators wanted to express support for a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas .

Students who participated will face a “natural repercussion” of being marked absent in class, district official says.

But the students at Sandburg High School in Orland Park said they have another motive: get the attention of one man in particular. Orland Park’s Mayor Keith Pekau recently made comments at a Village Board meeting that have been criticized by Arab-Americans who support a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza . “I hope you see this,” said Schuaibi . “If the youth is coming at you, you know you did something wrong.”.