Ottawa students who join walkout against education changes won't be disciplined, say school boards

High school students in Ottawa who walk out of class on Thursday as part of a provincewide protest won’t face discipline, according to spokespeople for all four school boards.
However, students who join the hour-long protest starting at 1:15 p.m. will be marked absent and their parents informed.
Students across the province are organizing the walkout to protest education funding cuts and changes introduced by the provincial Conservative government, including an increase in average class si