ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. ā Alleghany High School is experiencing a season without sports due to COVID-19 concerns, but a group of students walked out of class in an effort to get the games going again.
More than twenty students, including many athletes, protested in front of the high school Friday morning.
The protest comes three days after the school board discussed the future of the athletic season during their board meeting.
Itās nearly impossible to play winter sports at this point.āSome parents such as Kim Anderson also showed up at the high school to support the students.
āSports and everything else is being cancelled and they donāt get to go to school every day,ā said Anderson, whoās son attends elementary school in Alleghany County.