All 9 Halton Catholic high schools show support for LGBT students after board says no to Pride flag
All nine high schools in the Halton Catholic School Board District tweeted messages of acceptance, tolerance and diversity after board trustees decided on Monday against flying the Pride flag at its schools in June.
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Posted: Apr 28, 2021 10:25 PM ET | Last Updated: April 29
At a special meeting on Monday, Halton Catholic District School Board trustees voted against a motion to fly the Pride flag at schools in June, amending it substantially. All of the board s high schools, however, took to Twitter to show they disagree with the decision.(Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press)
Student Nicole Hotchkiss says, the message that I got is that they re afraid.” Hotchkiss is a grade 12 student at St. Ignatius of Loyola in Oakville. Earlier this month she put forward a motion to fly the flag at all schools for Pride Month in June and to put safe space posters in every class. Last night, the Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) debated and amended the motion removing the request to fly the flag and putting one poster in each school. The entire point of my motion and my original delegation was that people would know that Catholic schools support LGBTQ2+ students and they denied us once again today, says Hotchkiss.
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