Parents and students formed a human chain outside FACE school in downtown Montreal on Monday morning to protest the Quebec government's decision to cancel major renovation plans for the building, citing rising costs.

As a result of the decision, approximately 1,300 students from kindergarten to Grade 11 will be permanently relocated to two different locations beginning in the next school year. 

"Our high school and our elementary school will be separated forever and for us, it's such a heartbreak…