NJ students walk out to protest budget cuts
Across the state of New Jersey, high school students staged a one day strike Tuesday to protest cuts to the state's education budget.
The action was organized mainly through facebook, where an event page calling for a statewide walkout drew over 17,000 attendees.
In Montclair classes shut down as hundreds of students walked out. Montclair High School is facing a $100,000 cut to its athletic budget.
At West Orange High School, 200 students walked out and staged a protest on the school's football field. The school's proposed budget, which was voted down last April 20th, included layoffs of 84 teachers.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wants to cut $820 million from New Jersey's schools. In last week's elections, voters across the state rejected over half of proposed school budgets.
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