Protests Prompt Oceanside Administrators To Close Schools
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03-30-06 at 7:07AM

Oceanside middle school and high school administrators Wednesday announced the closure of the schools for the rest of the week in light of student protests of a controversial immigration bill.

Hundreds of students met at Chicano Park in Logan Heights Wednesday morning for the third straight day.

According to reports, the students were from San Diego High, Hoover High, Memorial Jr. High, and other schools.

There were no arrests made Wednesday at Chicano Park, authorities said.

About 200 protesters from Mar Vista High School in Imperial Beach also decided to leave their campus Wednesday.

According to administrators from Southwest High School, they became concerned when they heard the Mar Vista students were coming by Southwest to get more students to join them.

They contacted the sheriff's department, and deputies detained most of the Mar Vista students, sending them back to their school by bus.