In a statement issued Wednesday, the council said it is confident evidence will show a Black student at the centre of the initial Toronto District School Board investigation was never placed or locked in a small room, as his mother alleged.
A Toronto District School Board sign is shown in front of a high school in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. The Ontario Principals Council says it is concerned about "deliberately false narratives aimed at destroying the reputations and lives of dedicated educators" after an advocacy group accused a Toronto elementary school of anti-Black racism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
"We have become increasingly concerned about deliberately false narratives aimed at destroying the reputations and lives of dedicated educators," the council's statement said. The mother alleged her son, who is in Grade 1, was sent to the principal's office on one occasion and was speaking to another student there when the principal allegedly told him he was being disruptive. She said that's when her child was allegedly brought to a closet-sized room and locked inside.
The council, which represents more than 5,400 principals and vice-principals in the province's public middle and high schools, said it is troubled by the school board's decision to issue an apology before the investigation is complete. "The educators involved in this case ... are not allowed to comment publicly while the matter is being investigated, making the one-sided media coverage especially difficult and distressing," it added.
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