France, Oct. 16 -- High school union representatives said they were disappointed with the lack of response after their meeting with French Education Minister Edouard Geffray on Thursday evening - the third such meeting since the school protest movement began in mid-September.

"We walked out of the meeting because we weren't being heard; we've been told there will be another meeting on Monday, but we will not be attending," Marius Mesnil, of the Union syndicale lyceenne (USL, High School Student Union), told reporters.

The USL announced that it now intends to engage directly with Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's office, rather than with the Ministry of Education.

The union Les Lyceens! (High School Students) has taken a similar stance...