On Friday, May 7, 2010, Syracuse High students walked out of class during regular school hours in protest of Davis School District budget cuts. The walk-out was to show school district officials and the community the student body's dissatisfaction of the oncoming changes to Syracuse High's teaching staff and in protest of the planned expansion of the Davis High School athletic facilities. By noon, hundreds of students (between 400 and 1000) were on the west edge of the school grounds, displaying signs and chanting for passing traffic to witness.