The Pride Progress flag will be not flying next month outside the York Catholic Education Centre.
After several months of at times raucous meetings and presentations on the topic, trustees with the York Catholic District School Board voted 6 – 4 against flying the rainbow flag outside its building in Aurora during the month of June.
A few people in the packed boardroom loudly expressed their disappointment with the outcome. Alexander, who voted against the motion, ordered those individuals removed. He then called a five-minute break. “It really is unfortunate that the voice of students was not heard by the majority of the trustees. It is extremely disheartening, but, again, we will continue to fight," James told CP24 following the meeting.Peta-Dragos said she and James, who as student trustees were not able to vote on the motion, were optimistic that the vote would be in favour of flying the Pride flag.
Several trustees who shared their thoughts during the meeting on why they are against flying the Pride flag pointed to the need for the board to do more overall to support LGTBQ2S+ students all year long.
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