A group of Latino parents has been meeting weekly to address the issues of gangs, race and academic achievement since an April 9 incident involving several Latino students resulted in a police lockdown after a gun was fired in a school bathroom. On Friday night, the group held a march prior to a planned community meeting with Einstein Principal James Fernandez and state and county lawmakers.
‘‘We need to be part of the solution, not just waiting around for them to tell us what the solution is. We have to act as a community,” said Alex Colina, an organizer of the parent group ‘‘El Comite Latino.”

•  A group of mostly Latino parents marched along Newport Mill Road to Albert Einstein High School where they met with Principal James Fernandez and state and county lawmakers on Friday. The parents had been meeting since the April 9 gun incident at the school, and want to work with the school to improve the lives and education of their children.

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