About 100 Students at Salina Central High School gathered during the noon hour and walked out of the school in peaceful protest. The group left the school and gathered outside Salina Stadium, before marching in solidarity to the sidewalk in front of the school were they held signs and stood in protest of recent ICE and immigration action.

The walkout and protest was not school sponsored, but rather was organized by Alex Kelly, who is a junior at Central. He told KSAL News he felt moved to do something about the injustice of innocent people being deported, and the methods Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have been using.

Kelly said he met with administrators prior to the planned event. He says he knows there will be consequences, and he is willing to accept whatever punishment  might becoming.

The group walked out at at around 12:45, and planned keep up the protest outside for a couple of hours, until dismissal time.

The Salina walkout and protest was one of many other similar events that have been happening across the country, and across Kansas. There have been at least a dozen in Kansas.

KSAL News reached out to USD 305 to see what that punishment might be for those students who participated.