Waterloo Region District School Board to review demands of Black Parent Council
CBC
Staff with the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) have been asked by trustees to come up with a report and recommendations based on an open letter from the Black Parent Council - KW.
Last month, the parent council sent the letter to both the WRDSB and the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, calling for 12 action items that include:
The original letter also called for the removal of two WRDSB trustees, but board chair Scott Piatkowski said that isn't possible. Trustees can only be removed if they stop showing up or if they commit an indictable offense, he said.
Piatkowski said the board has made progress on issues of equity in recent years, but it's clear there's more to do.
"I think that when staff come back with a report, we will see some recommendations for action which hopefully they will follow up on," he said.
The parent council's letter came in the wake of two incidents involving racialized students at the two school boards.
In October, a teacher at Alpine Public School allegedly taped the hands of two students to discipline them. The teacher is now facing criminal charges.
In November, police were called to John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School to deal with the behaviour of a four-year-old Black student. The incident came to light in February and prompted a provincial investigation.
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