At one point, (trustee Tim) O’Brien removed the entire motion in replacement of doing nothing at all,” said Hotchkiss. I am repulsed with the extensive amendments made which gutted the original motion. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School, first proposed the idea of raising the Pride flag at the April 6 board meeting. Hotchkiss felt the response by some trustees to the motion must be viewed as discrimination and not a mere difference of opinion. Nicole Hotchkiss, a Grade 12 student at Oakville’s St. The motion that would have resulted in the flag being raised was heavily amended over the course of the meeting, so by the end what was passed was a resolution for additional staff training about 2SLGBTQ+ students, raising awareness around Pride Month and mandating each school post safe space signage. The Halton Catholic District School Board will not be raising the rainbow Pride flag at its schools in June following a decision at a special meeting on Monday (April 26).
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