The school district paints rainbow crosswalks and other artwork as a way to invite people to school and make sure everyone feels welcome and included.
School District 23 says there has been three vandalism incidents targeting the LGBTQ+ community in the past two weeks; at West Kelowna's Mount Boucherie Senior Secondary school, Lake Country's George Elliot Secondary and the Educational Services Centre in Kelowna on Hollywood Road.
"This one is concerning and very disappointing, especially, because the evidence there indicates it was not a youth messing around and trying to be inflammatory. This was an adult who very cowardly attacked a symbol of inclusion," said an SD23 spokesperson.The vandalism at the educational services centre occurred on the weekend and the SD23 operations team acted as soon as possible Monday morning to remove the hateful paint.
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