A student at an Ohio high school said he was suspended for deciding not to participate in Wednesday’s walkout protesting gun violence and for not joining other students not walking out in a study hall, according to reports.

Jacob Shoemaker, a senior at Hilliard Davidson High School in Hilliard, Ohio, told the Columbus Dispatch he felt that by walking out of school Wednesday, he would be making a political statement about firearms, something he did not want to do.