On Feb. 2, my fellow student Louisa Horwath and I organized a large student-led protest against ICE that brought together over 300 participants from our school and community.
The protest involved a coordinated walk through town—and days of thorough planning and collaboration.
We organized student marshals in safety vests to guide participants, planned and communicated a clear route in advance, and arranged student speeches that addressed immigration, student voices, and the importance of being heard in decisions that shape our future.
Everything—from logistics to messaging—was student-run and carefully organized.
This protest was a powerful example of young people engaging in civic action and standing up for issues that directly affect our communities.
We believe it represents the growing role of students in shaping conversations about justice, policy and the future we want to live in.
This is disgusting indoctrination. These kids are being weaponized and used as pawns. Your school has a 65/100 college readiness. And 60-75% in reading proficiency, science, and math. Thats Cs and Ds… schools engaging in this indoctrination should be defunded and the teachers and administration investigated for child endangerment. Maybe you should explain that they are the minority. The majority of the country wants mass deportations and voted for this. ICE is engaging in legal law enforcement activities. These little privileged retards are living in such a bubble in LG they dont have to contend with the crime and violence these illegals spread infecting society. They dont have to worry about being raped and murdered, left for dead in a creek
like Jocelyn Nungaray or Laken Riley. You should be ashamed, not celebrating your idiotic indoctrination.
Your comment doesn’t just disagree with a policy position — it attacks students personally and uses slurs to describe minors who exercised their right to peaceful protest. That kind of language says more about the hostility behind your argument than it does about the students you’re criticizing.
Let’s address the facts.
Los Gatos High School is not academically failing. The school ranks in the top 10% of public high schools in California. Around 86% of students meet or exceed state standards in English, about 65% meet or exceed standards in math, and the graduation rate is approximately 97% — well above the state average. Those are not “Cs and Ds.” Those are strong academic outcomes by statewide metrics.
Standardized proficiency percentages measure how many students meet state benchmarks. They do not translate to classroom letter grades, and they certainly do not justify claiming a school should be “defunded” for allowing students to exercise free speech.
As for calling a student-led protest “indoctrination” — the walkout was organized by students. Students planned logistics, coordinated safety marshals, communicated a route, and delivered speeches. That is civic engagement. It is not coercion. It is not child endangerment. It is young people learning how democracy works.
Saying “the majority voted for this” does not mean dissent disappears. In a democracy, people have the right to speak, organize, and peacefully protest policies they disagree with — especially when those policies directly affect classmates, families, and community members.
Invoking tragic crimes to paint millions of people as inherently violent is not a policy argument. It’s fear-based rhetoric. Crime is a serious issue, but it cannot be reduced to broad generalizations about entire populations. Students speaking about immigration policy are not defending crime; they are expressing concern about how enforcement policies impact real people in their community.
Most concerning is the dehumanizing language used in your comment. Referring to students with slurs and suggesting they are “privileged” or “living in a bubble” while dismissing their capacity to think critically undermines any claim that this is about protecting children. Young people are capable of forming opinions, reading data, and caring about justice. Civic participation is not a threat to education — it is part of it.
Disagreement is fair, but your dehumanization is absolutely not.
Peaceful protest, strong academics, and civic awareness can all exist at the same time — and at Los Gatos High School, they do.
I could not be more proud of my school.