50 YEARS LATER: A look back at San Marcos’ school walkout

Fifty years ago this month, students from San Marcos High School and Goodnight Junior High School walked out of their classes as part of a boycott against the schools for not cooperating with the students’ list of grievances.

Inadequate special education classes, lack of Chicano and African American books in libraries, lack of Mexican American and African American staff, dress codes and lack of counseling for minority students were among students’ grievances.

In March 1972, San Marcos students boycotted for nearly a week to protest the unequal treatment and education opportunities they were facing.