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Students are protesting changes to the Philadelphia School District's admissions policy that have left their school underenrolled for the fall.

Science Leadership Academy at Beeber students protest changes to the Philadelphia School District's admissions policy that have left their school underenrolled for the fall.
Science Leadership Academy at Beeber students protest changes to the Philadelphia School District's admissions policy that have left their school underenrolled for the fall.Read moreJose F. Moreno / Staff Photographer

Days after Philadelphia students walked out to protest shifts in the district’s special-admissions process that left some magnet schools with as many as 100 open seats for the incoming ninth-grade class, more students left class as a form of dissent. See photos of the protest below.

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