CONWAY — Hundreds of students walked out of class and marched with signs outside Kennett High School in Conway on Friday morning to protest gun violence in the wake of the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, where an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 fourth-graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.
Friday was an early release day for teacher workshops at Kennett and classes were scheduled to end at 11:30 a.m.
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Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
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