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The hundreds of students who marched to City Hall Wednesday to protest against President Trump’s immigration policies could face disciplinary action, San Antonio Independent School District officials said.

In a statement to the Current, district officials said that although they respect students’ right to protest, those who participated in the march are not immune from punishment for skipping school.

“As with any case when a student leaves a campus and misses class, the consequences will follow our student code of conduct,” officials said in an emailed statement.

Skipping class is a “level-two offense” and could result in a behavioral contract, administrative conference or even an in-school suspension, according to SAISD’s Code of Conduct.

“Although we support our students’ right to peaceful protest, we wish the off-site event had been coordinated during non-school hours with parental supervision,” SAISD’s statement said. “We are disappointed [Wednesday’s] event was coordinated during a school day, interrupting academic learning for those students who left campus.”

Some SAISD teachers also participated in the march, and district police deployed bike officers and mobile patrol units to “provide safe passage for those involved.”

While at City Hall, students and organizers railed against the Trump Administration’s policy allowing ICE agents to conduct raids in sensitive areas, including schools, churches and hospitals.

“In my eyes, in so many people’s eyes, you are Americans,” SAISD student Wheatley Ollison, 17, said of immigrants targeted by the Trump White House. “You deserve to be here.”

At least 3,000 of the students enrolled in SAISD are undocumented, Superintendent Jaime Aquino said in a statement last month. Nearly 90% of the students in the district are Latinx.

Another protest in scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday at Pica Pica Plaza, 910 SE Military Drive.

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This article appears in Feb 5-18, 2025.

Michael Karlis is a multimedia journalist at the San Antonio Current, whose coverage in print and on social media focuses on local and state politics. He is a graduate of American University in Washington,...