Georgia
Students plan walkout from Metro Atlanta private school to protest Georgia gun laws
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Students from a Metro Atlanta private school are planning a walkout to the Georgia State Capitol to protest gun laws in the wake of the shooting at Apalachee High School.
School administrators said it was 9-to-12-year-old students who planned the walkout.
“When a group of kids works to assess and identify a problem that impacts them, when they have the strategies and tools to create a plan: where, when, and do the research to where the most impactful place would be; it moves us adults to empower them,” said Sanidia Oliver-Stone, the founder of the Morgan Oliver School.
The Morgan Oliver School is a private school that teaches Kindergarten through 8th grade.
The protest is being supported by school administrators. Students have to have a signed permission slip from their parents to leave class to join protest.
A school faculty member says around 30 students will be a part of the protest and at least 14 chaperones will be with them. School administrators invited other micro schools to join them.
The walkout was strategically planned so students could attend a meeting with senators Thursday who will talk about safe gun storage laws. Lawmakers had their second meeting on the topic the day after the shooting at Apalachee High School.
The students will be marching at 10 a.m. Thursday. Senators meet at 11 a.m.
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ATHENS, Ga. – Designated hitter Daniel Jackson and centerfielder Rylan Lujo combined for nine RBI Sunday, leading fifth-ranked Georgia to a 12-1 win over LSU at Foley Field.
Georgia improved to 41-11 overall, 21-6 in the SEC, while LSU dropped to 29-24 overall and 9-18 in conference play.
The Tigers return to action at 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday when they play host to Florida in Game 1 of a three-game SEC series in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Thursday’s game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +.
“Georgia won the moments in this series,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “They’re going to score, so you’ve got to capitalize against them when you have scoring opportunities on offense.”
Georgia starting pitcher Caden Aoki (8-0) was the winner, limiting LSU to one run on four hits in 5.0 innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
LSU right-hander Casan Evans (2-3), making his first appearance since April 17 versus Texas A&M, started the game Sunday and was charged with the loss, working 1.2 innings and allowing four runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
“I thought Casan’s stuff looked great, and that’s good for him from a health standpoint,” Johnson said. “He’s a guy that the more he pitches, the better he is, so there might have been a little bit of rust, but I thought he competed fine.”
Georgia struck for four runs in the bottom of the second inning in an outburst highlighted by Jackson’s two-out, two-run single and an RBI single by second baseman Ryan Black.
The Tigers narrowed the gap to 4-1 in the third when designated hitter Omar Serna Jr. delivered an RBI single.
Georgia extended its lead to 7-1 in the fourth as Jackson launched a two-run homer and centerfielder Lujo lined a run-scoring single.
Lujo unloaded a grand slam in the fifth, giving the Bulldogs an 11-1 advantage.
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