LHS students walk out, march down Bayview on sunny day

Leaside High School students stayed out of class after lunch Friday to demonstrate primarily about the sex education curriculum. There were one or two impassioned speeches in the playing field beside the school and then a march down Bayview Ave. (video below). Shoppers, merchants and patio slouches were informed and possibly entertained by the orderly group. They shouted “No ignorance, no hate, don’t go back to 98.”

There were placards bearing various sentiments. Indigenous rights in general was noted. One placard said “We are the future,” which is indisputable. Some who demonstrated as teens from earlier generations may have reflected on how the perceived future has a way of working out in a way that’s often unforseen. One gentleman in the Starbucks patio averred with a political slur on teachers that the students should not have been let out of class. All in all it was a reminder of how teens wish to express themselves. It must be reported however that some merely went home. The walk out was mirrored across the province at other schools.