Students at Bill Crothers Secondary School in Unionville staged a walk-out in protest of losing their extracurricular sports and activities on Thursday. (Maryam Shah/QMI Agency)
TORONTO - No hockey, no football — no sports at all for students at an athletics-focused high school in Unionville.
Students at Bill Crothers Secondary School — some who travel up to two hours a day to attend the sports-centered educational facility — are fed up.
“We’re fighting for our teachers, we’re fighting for our sports,” Grade 10 student Alexus Efstathiadis, 15, said Thursday. “We go to a sports school, we need our sports.”
At least 100 students walked out of their classes Thursday morning to protest the loss of their extracurricular activities thanks to a union-imposed work-to-rule campaign, including sports and the prom.
Loosely organized online a couple of days ago, the protest gained attention fast.
