The District 100 school board voted six for, with one abstaining, Superintendent Michael Houselog's proposal -- to cut 57 teachers.

More than a dozen students, parents and teachers offered the board their opinion tonight prior to the vote. Board members made statements after the vote about the difficulty of the district's situation and their anger towards the state of Illinois for putting them there.

The 57 teachers will receive their pink slips Tuesday morning and won't know for sure if their job will remain cut until mid-summer.

Students walked out of class just before eleven this morning and marched to the administration building while chanting and carrying signs protesting Superintendent Michael Houselog's proposal to cut jobs and programs. Houselog met with students outside his office and explained how this measure is necessary to make up for the nearly $3 million dollars owed by the state. Some students say they need to hold their position as they did in 2007 when the district planned on eliminating extracurricular activities after taxpayers struck down a property tax increase referendum.

"For a lot of people their freshman year the whole sports thing that finally passed through but we were worried it's the point is are they going to take the time to listen to us and they don't consider us adults cause we're not 18 but we should still ahve a voice, it's our future it's our education" said KaSondra Cruz a Belvidere High School Junior.

The protest lasted three hours and included a stop at Belvidere North High School. Some of those students joined in. The group was eventually escorted back to campus by boone county sheriff's deputies.