LOWELL, Mich. (WOOD) -- The Kent County Clerk has gone public with her concerns about how Lowell Area Schools handled students engaging in the national school walkout movement this week.
The movement in response to the Parkland, Florida school massacre involved students leaving class across the nation. It was planned by Women’s March Youth Empower, an organization that has called for increased legislation surrounding gun control.
Like several other schools in West Michigan, Lowell High School leaders planned for students who wanted to "walk out" to gather in the school gym with adult supervision instead of leaving the building altogether.
Along with her husband, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, a Republican and former State House representative who now serves as the Kent County Clerk, wrote a letter to Lowell Area Schools Superintendent Gregory Pratt voicing her concerns about the school getting involved in the walkout plans.
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