Students around Colorado sending a message on National Walkout Day | Colorado Springs Gazette Photo Gallery
Freshman Casey Gurtler, left, and sophomore Jordyn Rogers lock arms with other students as they surround the Palmer High School campus in downtown Colorado Springs Wednesday, March 14, 2018, during the national student walkout against school violence. About one-third to a half of Palmer 1,650 students walked out of school for 17-minute, one minute for each student killed in the shooting in Parkland, Florida last month. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)