Students across San Diego County walked out of their classrooms Wednesday in solidarity with a national mass school walkout to protest gun violence in the aftermath of the Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead and many more injured last month.

Walkouts began at 10 a.m. and were expected to last 17 minutes. Students at UC San Diego and San Diego State also joined walkouts. Some of those lasted more than an hour.

UPDATES:

12:00 p.m.: Rep. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, shows support for San Ysidro High School students

11:15 a.m.: Update from Del Norte High School

By 10:35 a.m., students at Del Norte High in 4S Ranch were heading back to the school, said sheriff's Lt. Glenn Giannantonio. No one was arrested.

Earlier, students had walked out of the school and blocked traffic on streets near the school for about 15 minutes during a protest before police and sheriff's deputies were able to get them to get back onto sidewalks.

The school, which is part of Poway Unified School District, is home to about 1,900 students.

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11:05 a.m.: Roosevelt Middle School students stage protest on athletic field

10:55 a.m.: Jefferson Middle School students walk out

10:55 a.m.: Teachers at Hilltop High School join students

“I couldn’t be prouder of the students at Hilltop High who organized a respectful, safe walkout to honor those killed in Parkland and elsewhere and protest gun violence in general,” said Louise Williamson in a tweet.

10:50 a.m.: Stanley Middle School students “demand action from lawmakers”

10:45 a.m.: "How many more Parklands need to happen?” Point Loma High students stage speeches

10:35 a.m.: La Jolla High School students gather at athletic field

10:35 a.m.: Twin Oaks High School student: “Don’t just walk out; speak out!”

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10:30 a.m.: Joli Ann Leichtag Elementary third-grade students join walkout

10:25 a.m.: San Diego State University students join walkouts

10:25 a.m.: What UC San Diego students are saying about the walkouts

Gabe Schneider, news editor of the UC San Diego Triton newspaper: "I think the walkout speaks to the fact that contrary to what many professors and students may think, students are not apathetic and they do organized with the right prompting. Students at UCSD do care."

Eden Allegretti, a freshman who helped organize the event at UC San Diego: “We're hoping to start a dialog on the UC San Diego campus about gun violence, an intersectional issue that affects everyone, regardless of race, class, gender, or political affiliation."

Emma Potter, a freshmen who helped organize the walkout event at UC San Diego: "For us, it's not such much the timing as long as it happens.”

10:10 a.m.: Palomar High School students walk off campus

10:10 a.m.: San Ysidro High School students walk out

10:05 a.m.: Students at Mission Bay High School walk out

10:05 a.m.: Point Loma High School students walk out to track field

10:00 a.m.: Mt. Carmel High School students begin to walk out

Some schools in San Diego have set up memorials to remember the 17 people who were killed at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last month.

9:45 a.m.: Assemblyman Todd Gloria tweets “Not. One. More.”

9:35 a.m.: San Diego Unified offers support for mass walkout

San Diego Unified School District on Wednesday morning offered its support for students participating in the national school walkout via a tweet with a quote from Listy Gillingham, a principal at Patrick Henry High School.

“If the students can put together a program that is time bound, respectful, and peaceful with a message that they’d like to share with the world, I will support them,” Gillingham said.

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