The tenth annual Day of Silence to protest alleged discrimination against gays and Lesbians was held today in schools throughout the nation. At John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento at least, it was pretty much a bust.

There was a lot of anticipation building up to the event. The Sacramento City Unified School District nearly adopted a resolution telling teachers to change their lesson plans to support the protest. It seemed that officials at the school district expected hundreds, if not thousands, of Kennedy students to join in.

But those officials must have been greatly disappointed. At the meeting before school in the quad where participants received their “supplies” (tape for mouths, cards explaining why they were silent, etc.) there appeared to be maybe 40 or 50 students at the most. That is certainly underwhelming for a school of over 2,200. (more…)