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What do you do when you’re too young to vote and you want to protest the Progressive Conservatives’ rollback of the sex ed curriculum?

If you’re in high school, you might wear purple and walk out of class on Friday afternoon. You might play music, wave placards, make speeches and listen to other people speaking.

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That’s what students from at least six Ottawa high schools plan to do, part of a student-organized walkout across the province.

Charlotte Dwyer, 16, a Grade 11 student at Nepean High School, says that, based on what she’s hearing in the hallways at school, an estimated that 200 students will walk out at her high school. Other walkouts are planned at Lisgar Collegiate, Bell High School, Canterbury High School, Glebe Collegiate and Woodroffe High School, she said.

“We found out through social media about three weeks ago. Right away we wanted to get involved,” Dwyer said.

Added co-organizer Ny Holmes, also 16 and in Grade 11: “It’s so cool that kids our age are doing this.”