CASS students walk out

SooToday.com has received a number of reader submissions regarding a student walk-out currently in progress at Central Algoma Secondary School (CASS) near Desbarats.

Students have reportedly gathered along Hwy 17 in front of the school.

Police are on scene as a precaution.

One reader informed us that the students walked out in order to protest the stoppage by teachers of extracurricular sporting activities, while another claims the student walk-out is in support of their teachers as they fight the Ontario government's passage of Bill 115.

SooToday.com spoke to Algoma District School Board (ADSB) Communications Officer Fran Walsh who told us that the school board had no prior knowledge of the students' intentions and learned of the walk-out at approximately 10:30 a.m.

She is unaware of how many students are involved in the walk-out, but stated that ADSB Director of Education Lucia Reece was on her way to CASS to address the students.

An ADSB statement regarding this student walk-out is expected to be issued sometime this afternoon.