U.S. election: Students at Kamala Harris’s Canadian high school want her to run again
Global News
Long before she became an American vice-president and presidential candidate, Kamala Harris spent several years in Montreal as a teenager and went to high school in the city.
With a resounding Donald Trump victory, the outcome of the U.S. presidential election has been the talk of the town at Kamala Harris’s alma mater in Montreal.
Westmount High School student Kadiatou Barrie, 14, was disappointed when she woke up Wednesday morning to learn that Harris will not take the top job at the White House. But the teen says she respects the results.
“I thought Kamala Harris was what America needed, like really badly,” Barrie said. “But if they wanted Trump, I guess that’s what they want.”
Long before she became an American vice-president and presidential candidate, Harris spent several years in the Canadian city as a teenager. She attended Westmount High for three years and graduated in 1981.
Harris moved to Montreal so her mother Shyamala Gopalan, a breast cancer researcher, could work at the Lady Davis Institute of the city’s Jewish General Hospital. After an initial stint at a French-language school, Harris enrolled at Westmount.
The English Montreal School Board issued a statement congratulating Harris on becoming vice-president-elect in 2020 that included a photo of students holding up hand-drawn posters reading “Congratulations Kamala! Class of ’81!”
Barrie says she is among many students at Harris’s old stomping grounds who were hoping for a different outcome this week.
But the seasoned politician’s career has been an inspiration for many, according to the teen.
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