In a rare move, the Greater Victoria School District Board of Education has been slapped with a ministerial order from the province requiring it to update a student safety plan – drawing concern around political posturing leading up to an election.
“We’re totally blindsided by the ministry on this one,” says Greater Victoria Teachers Association president Carolyn Howe.
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“We have had people leave the district. It is commonly known in schools and is starting to become accepted practice that you just don’t use that particular washroom or you don’t access that part or these individuals in the school. Why are students having to make those decisions and these choices?” “Victoria schools have safety plans and protocols in place all well within the line of ministry directives,” says Howe.B.C. senior recalls becoming trailblazing car designerTensions flare between Poilievre and Singh in the House after NDP says it will back Trudeau Liberals
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