Cheney High student walkout not according to administrators plans

While it made regional news, last Wednesday’s student walkout at Cheney High School caught district administrators completely by surprise.

Superintendent Rob Roettger said administrators were in a discussion at Snowdon Elementary school during their regular “Leadership Council” meeting about the possibility of student walkouts protesting gun-related violence at schools. The planned March 14 and April 20 protests are part of a national campaign by students emanating from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida where a gunman killed 14 students and three staff members on Feb. 1...