Spectators pack Halton school board meeting Wednesday night amid ongoing uproar over Oakville Trafalgar High School educator’s revealing attire.
Frustrated parents are demanding their voices be heard as a controversy over acontinues to rile an Oakville school community.
Ennis said school councils and members of the public will be given an opportunity to have their views heard, and that students will be consulted. But his inability to provide a firm timeline, prompted outrage from those in gallery. Trustees left the boardroom and police were called, escorting one woman out who had been yelling about child abuse and psychological abuse.
The need to develop a “professionalism policy” surfaced after a shop teacher last fall showed up at Oakville Trafalgar High School wearing sheer tight shirts on top of large fake breasts with protruding nipples — photos of which went viral, garnering international headlines. At the Wednesday board meeting, two parents of students who attend Oakville Trafalgar, and a transgender woman made speeches to the trustees. In an unusual move, the HDSB requested advance copies of the presentations for review by the chair and vice-chair, who made sure no individuals were identified.
Representatives from the locals of elementary and secondary teachers’ unions were present, but did not speak publicly.
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