As a line of about 200 students marched through Morgan Hill
Thursday, dozens of police officers and several probation officers
arrived at Live Oak after school as the mostly Hispanic crowd
planned to return to campus.
As a line of about 200 students marched through Morgan Hill Thursday, dozens of police officers and several probation officers arrived at Live Oak after school as the mostly Hispanic crowd planned to return to campus.
There were no reported incidents or arrests at Live Oak, a Morgan Hill police dispatcher said.
By the end of the school day at 3 p.m., the Hispanic marchers had dispersed and there was no sign of the crowd.
The police presence was meant as a deterrent for any students who thought about initiating a fight. Seven TV news station vans lined the street while Principal Nick Boden stood in front of the double doors to the front office as students were picked up by parents. Several police wearing bullet-proof vests were seen also.
The march began around 11 a.m. and made its way from Live Oak, then merged with more Hispanic teens along the way and grew to about 200 as they swarmed the school district headquarters at 15000 Concord Circle. Without igniting any response from officials there, they marched to city hall on Peak Avenue and then back to Live Oak on Main Street.
Boden could not be reached by phone to ask what the punishment would be for the students who ditched school to march.
