Berkeley Unified Superintendent Brent Stephens faces hundreds of high schoolers demanding dramatic action. (Photo by Natalie Orenstein/Berkelyside.com)

Even by its own lofty standards of activism established over many decades, it has been a remarkable few days at Berkeley High School.

Over the years the school has been a leader in protests against the Vietnam War, against apartheid in South Africa and against global warming.

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