Merle rules.
I wonder if they're copying the senate or vice versa.
To cut class to attend your grandmother's funeral needs a note not just from your parents, but from the Funeral Home. But you can skip school to march downtown with a bunch of strangers for a whacko political cause without parental consent or punishment. The whole idea of civil disobedience is to take the punishment because you feel your cause is worth the struggle. These students are being enabled to disobey the law by the district and their instructors. Now there's a quality education for ya. No wonder so many parents homeschool their children!