‘No Violence Know Peace’: Advocates Rally at Brockton High Following Calls for National Guard to Quell Violence

By Christopher Huffaker, Boston Globe

Dozens of activists, community members and parents gathered at the entrance of Brockton High School Monday morning to welcome students back after a weeklong vacation during which their school was in the national spotlight.

On Friday, Feb. 16 — the most recent day of school — four School Committee members had called for the National Guard to be sent to the school to help quell campus violence amid a shortage of staff. However, education specialists, racial justice advocates, and other Brockton officials quickly voiced opposition to the prospect of militarizing the campus.

At the rally Monday, residents, bundled up against the early-morning cold, said that instead of bringing in the National Guard, Brockton needs to come together as a community and give the school, students, and staff the support and resources they need. They waved homemade signs reading, “Boxer pride,” “No Violence Know Peace,” and “Support Students,” among others, and cheered for the students riding school buses as they pulled onto the high school’s vast campus — often to appreciative honks from the drivers.

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