Molly Cooper reports Over 250 angry school students walked out of classes at Kingsland school in Dalston at 2.30pm on Tuesday July 20, in protest at the threat to bring in an Education Action Zone (EAZ) to run their They held an impromptu demo outside the school and occupied the road, Shacklewell Lane. stopping traffic. They demanded every car that approached the demo beep their horn in support of their demands.
They produced a leaflet they had written, which said their school was not for sale. I asked one of the students, Hassan Suppyan, why he had come on the protest.
"I think that the EAZs will take away our chances of getting a well rounded education. If this goes ahead we will lose our Drama, Music and Art classes. They have tried this in other areas and failed, we believe we can stop it here.' I also spoke to Aayatef Jbilou. She said: "I think the protest is very good, the EAZs are not happening in Hampstead, so why should they happen in Hackney?"
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