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Thursday, March 8, 2018

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Betsy DeVos ignored students' questions while visiting Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Posted By Colin Wolf on Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 2:00 PM

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Photo by Monivette Cordeiro

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who is currently pushing to allow guns in schools, visited Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday, and apparently wasn't interested in taking questions from the students.

The Secretary met with a small handful of students and faculty in a meeting that was closed to the public and only lasted a little over an hour, reports CNN.

However, it appears that meeting didn't go so well, and she apparently wouldn't answer any questions from the school newspaper.

Do something unexpected: answer our questions. You came to our school just for publicity and avoided our questions for the 90 minutes you were actually here. How about you actually do your job? #neveragain #DoYourJob https://t.co/4Ts0INq0gR
— Aly Sheehy🦅 (@Aly_Sheehy) March 7, 2018

One student from each publication (tv prod./newspaper/yearbook) was able to see her and take pictures of her, no one followed her. We are part of a school publication and it's our job to report on a public figure visiting the school. https://t.co/zE48UAFZky
— Carly Novell (@car_nove) March 7, 2018

I thought she would at least give us her "thoughts and prayers," but she refused to even meet/speak with students. I don't understand the point of her being here
— Carly Novell (@car_nove) March 7, 2018

Secretary of education Betsy Devos spoke to me and only a hand full of students. She did not properly answer my only question. She did not sit down with any students and asked what we wanted. Douglas has 3,000 students. None of them were invited. pic.twitter.com/1RXYDZJtTb
— Kyra (@longlivekcx) March 7, 2018

While DeVos did offer her condolences and lay a wreath on a fence, she didn't offer any real solutions to gun violence at schools other than defending Trump's position of adding more weapons to classrooms, which isn't surprising since she did once argue that grizzly bears are something schools should be armed to deal with.

Clearly her visit was more about just making an appearance than actually doing anything as Secretary of Education. Before her visit, DeVos tweeted what can only be interpreted as some sort of commercial for yogurt. So that's something.

Be different. Be bold. Try something unexpected. Do something new. #RethinkSchool
— Betsy DeVos (@BetsyDeVosED) March 6, 2018

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