school year is the running club. The school conducted soccer tryouts, but the season was cancelled. Other sports, such as basketball, volleyball, cross-country and track and field, appear to be doomed as well. Grade 8 student Hayden Phillips wants to enjoy his last year of elementary school. "This is our Grade 8 year, our last year here, and we want to play our sports and we can't do that right now." "I think that it's a good idea that we're protesting because we're doing something that we really want and we're not giving up until we succeed with our plan," he said. Pattison said the students will not be punished for protesting during school hours. "We encourage students to participate in the democratic process," he explained. "Our main concern is that they're safe and there's people out here supervising them." Mike Lumb, president of the Limestone local of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, said it was the students' right to protest the lack of their activities. "We've just given our teachers some advice," he said. "That's the kids' right to do that. It had nothing to do with what we're trying to accomplish. We're just exercising our rights to try and fight Bill 115." The bill "Putting Students First Act", which was passed in September, took away the collective bargaining rights for all education workers across Ontario. The legislation includes a wage freeze, the end to banked sick time, and trims available sick days to 10 per year. Because