On Aug. 30, students, faculty, staff and supporters from the Lower Merion and Overbrook school districts marched from Cynwyd Station Park in Bala Cynwyd to Tustin Playground in Overbrook in order to protest the funding divide between the two school districts. 

The protest was organized  by a group of current and former Lower Merion High School students, calling to “Break the divide of City Line.” 

Hasadri Freeman, a Lower Merion High School alumna who now attends the University of Leeds, said the education system is “the effect of years of oppresion and redlining.”

“Everyone deserves a fair education, no matter where you’re from. No matter if you’re from the suburb, or the urban city,” Freeman said. 

Caitlin McGinty, a Lower Merion High School student, said these issues are not just a Philadelphia problem.

“Every institution in America is built off of the egocentric narcissistic capitalistic overly masculine ideals and so we really want to debunk that narrative,” McGinty said.