All of Long Beach should be extremely proud of the faculty, staff and students (especially the students) of Long Beach’s Woodrow Wilson High School for the composed manner in which they “confronted” the out-of-state haters from Westboro Baptist Church Protests (WBC) on the afternoon of Feb 19th at the intersection of 10th Street and Ximeno Avenue. Even before school let out for the day, WBC was outnumbered by counter-demonstrators by 10 or 20 to 1. When school did let out, WBC was outnumbered by hundreds to 1 proportions. One can only conclude that any attempt by WBC to belittle Wilson High was an absolute, embarrassing failure.
I watched in silence as the whole episode unfolded; I have never been prouder of my alma mater.
John Deats
Wilson High Class of 1960
