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Since when do children have the right to riot, over school! This is becoming clear that children are losing any sense of respect or any idea of growing maturity. Read this, and decide for yourself if we need to tear down the school system and rebuild it to actually teach, and build the moral values our kids must have to be worthy of taking over from us.

Trike

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01/29/03 @ 4:02 p.m.
Students riot at Montwood

Students rioted at Montwood High School Wednesday morning.

Students reportedly walked out of class at about 9:30 a.m. to protest the school's decision to shift to block scheduling for the 2003-2004 school year.

Police said they asked the students to return to class and the students refused. Officers say students threw rocks and bottles at them, injuring one officer's hand. Police said they did use some mace.

The El Paso Police Department said the disturbance qualifies as a riot. They also said no children were injured and 11 arrests have been made.

Authorities locked the school down, keeping students in classrooms. They then released students classroom by classroom. El Paso Police say they had 90 unites on the scene and a police helicopter in the air. The Sheriff's department also provided assistance.

A spokeswoman with the Socorro Independent School District says the students currently attend 7 classes a day for a period of 50 minutes each. In the block scheduling system, students would attend four classes on one day and four the next, with each period lasting 90 minutes.

There are 2,922 students currently enrolled at Montwood High School according to the school's website.