Thousands of students across the country joined in a staged walkout Wednesday as part of a nationwide event.
WKYC showed live streams from Lakewood, Elyria, Firestone, Citizens Leadership Academy and Facing History New Tech high schools.
Students participating in the walkouts memorialized the 17 students shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida one month ago. Students walked out of their schools at 10 a.m. and remained outside for 17 minutes.
Students were also pushing for stricter gun laws. They're calling for Congress to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines, expand background checks on all gun sales, pass a law to remove guns from those with restraining orders against them, and stop the militarization of law enforcement.
More than 2,800 schools nationwide were expected to participate, according to organizer Empower.
Locally, participating schools listed on Empower's site included:
Bay
Rocky River
John Marshall
Citizens Leadership Academy
Olmsted Falls
Berea Midpark
Normandy
Garfield Heights
Mentor
Lakewood
Cleveland Central Catholic
Twinsburg
VASJ
Revere
Hudson
Firestone CLC
St. Joseph's
Orange
Elyria
Magnificat
Mayfield
Woodbury
Green Inspiration Academy
Greenview
Jackson
Glenoak
Norton
Copley
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Willoughby South
Madison
Cuyahoga Falls
Nordonia
Citizens Leadership Academy students walked out for 24 minutes instead of 17, adding an extra seven minutes for the seven children and teens who are killed on average each day.
Oberlin College students also participated in the walkout. Some 200 students were expected to gather in Tappan Square. Students from the University of Akron and Kent State University also participated.
