Jefferson County Colorado schools have students who are opposed to the currently propsed curriculum changes by the Jeffco School Board. Yesterday, multiple reports say hundreds of students of at least five Jefferson County Colorado schools walked out of class to protest what they describe as the School Board's attempt to whitewash history.

According to CBS Denver, the youth protest amongst students of the Jefferson County Colorado schools, the state's second-largest school district came after a sick-out from teachers that shut down two high schools in the area that has reportedly become a political battleground.

The Denver Channel reports that yesterday, around 200 students walked out of Pomona High School in Arvada at 8:30 a.m. 7NEWS Reporter Tyler Lopez tweeted that the students gathered at Wadsworth Boulevard.

On Denver Channel's Facebook page, a Robin Reed Johnson posted, "My daughter and her friends at 80th and Wadsworth. Fighting for education. Pomona High School."

At Arvada West about 300 students walked out around 9:40 a.m. According to the Denver Channel, the students of the Jefferson County Colorado schools held signs and chanted while they marched along the sidewalks and stood along the streets in areas near their schools.

The protests by the students and teachers came as they have become upset over the recent changes within the school district's leadership.

Students in the Jefferson County Colorado schools who participated in the protests do not approve of the board's effort to review how classes like Advanced Placement U.S. History are taught.

The proposed curriculum review could reportedly revise AP U.S. History "to promote positive aspects of U.S. history and heritage, while avoiding material on civil disorder and social strife."

According to the New York Times, the proposal which became the reason for the protests of the students in the Jefferson County Colorado schools was planned by the new conservative school board majority. The curriculum-review committee reportedly aims to promote patriotism, respect for authority and free enterprise and guard against educational materials in history that "encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law."

Debbie Velarde, a junior at Wheat Ridge High School which had a small walkout of around 40 students said of the proposed curriculum, "Our entire history, things that changed America for the better, were acts of civil disobedience. The Declaration of Independence was an act of civil disobedience."

The new proposed curriculum review reportedly has many students, parents and educators concerned about censorship, reports The Denver Channel which is why the Jefferson County Colorado schools held their own unique protests to make their standpoints on the matter.

Arvada West junior Cuttitta said, "An idea is to censor U.S. history so they can't talk about some of the negatives, or they don't want to talk about civil disobedience, which is censorship. And censorship's communism, censorship's national socialism, censorship is terrible."

"What we really want is a promise from them that they won't restrict the content that is taught in our classes. Because we believe that if they restrict that content then we're not going to get the education that we think we should," student Eric Temple added.

Tuesday is reportedly the third consecutive school day that Jefferson County Colorado schools have been disrupted by protests. Hundreds of other youngsters at Arvada, Ralston Valley and Golden high schools all walked out on the same day.

According to CBS Denver, the elected board where the proposal came from had three conservative members who took office in November. The other two of the board's members were reportedly elected in 2011, and they are not agreeing with the new plan as well. The proposal was reportedly made as a response to a national framework for teaching history that was believed to have encouraged discussion and critical thinking. Detractors feared the framework would instead emphasize on the country's problems.

Teachers of the Jefferson County Colorado schools, whose raises will possibly be tied to evaluations as a new plan by the board emerged, are also upset about the idea

According to the NY Times, the teachers' union has been in long conflict with the new board - a board, in which drew praise from Americans for Prosperity-Colorado, a conservative group affiliated with the Koch family foundations.

Meanwhile, according to 7NEWS, they discovered that even the school board is unsure with the proposed review.

On Tuesday, Board president Ken Witt told 7NEWS, "The students who are walking out are misled." Witt added that there is no proposal aiming to change history curriculum. He said that the walkouts staged by the Jefferson County Colorado schools are simply results of "a terrible amount of misinformation."

However, the Denver Channel reports that board member Lesley Dahlkemper disagrees with Witt. Dahlkemper said that the proposal could still lead to a review of the curriculum.

She added, "This is too extreme for Jefferson County."

Meanwhile, several students at Lakewood High School, instead went to Jeffco Schools headquarters Tuesday morning to meet with Jeffco Schools Superintendent Dan McMinimee.

It appears that some people may have simply jumped to conclusions, especially with the protests of students and educators of many Jefferson County Colorado schools. McMinimee said that the school board proposal has not been passed yet, and it is currently not in effect.

McMinimee explained, "I respect the right of our students to express their opinions in a peaceful manner. I do, however, prefer that our students stay in class. I have offered to meet with any students and answer their questions, which is what I did yesterday with the Evergreen High School students and today with Lakewood High students. Other members of my leadership team have also been meeting with students, answering their questions."

"Our most important priority is to keep our children safe during these demonstrations. It's also important that our community understand that no decisions have been made regarding the curriculum committee," McMinimee added.

At 4 p.m. yesterday, McMinimee addressed the protests of the students of the Jefferson County Colorado schools.

He said, "I want them to feel like the adults around them are supporting them and trying to get to a good resolution here. I hope, now that they've taken these steps and made their point, that everybody will take a breath and -- let's get back to learning."

The proposal from the board came from member Julie Williams, part of its conservative majority. The proposal has not been voted on and last week was put on hold. According to CBS Denver, Williams has not returned a call for comments from The Associated Press on Tuesday. However previously, she reportedly told Chalkbeat Colorado, a school news website, that she knows there could be negative events that are part of U.S. history that need to be taught.

She said, "There are things we may not be proud of as Americans. But we shouldn't be encouraging our kids to think that America is a bad place."

Jefferson County Colorado schools may have held protests and have a significant majority of their students counteracting the new proposal, but so far, nothing is settled yet in Jefferson County, reports the NY Times. The board has reportedly put off a discussion of the curriculum-review committee until an October meeting. Board president Ken Witt also suggested that some of its proposed language about not promoting "civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law" might be cut.