Students from across the San Diego Unified School District gathered Thursday morning for the annual raising of the Pride flag over the administration building in University Heights.
Many of the students are members of LGBTQ communities. They were joined by their families and district staff members.
Chelsea Long, a student at Mission Bay High School, said: “The Pride flag is a symbol and a powerful one, but symbols lose their meaning without action behind them.”
The district proudly promotes its growing curriculum of inclusion and diversity, an effective bullying reporting system, and transgender-affirming policies.
Matthew Quitoriano, 14, is a freshman at San Diego High School.