Reasoning?
Apr 28. 2012 | Comments
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was mentioned to me today that maybe - just maybe the 'uniforms' are an
important part of a strategy to undermine any political move to
amalgamate the Public and Separate school boards in Ontario.
The idea was that by 'visually' showing voting power in numbers = kids
in uniforms - an EXTRA 15,000 elementary shcool aged children across
this region alone... a politician would be careful to weigh the
advisability of angering these voters by doing away with their elite
status as one of 2 school boards in this province...? Sound
plausible to any of you? If not, then are there any other LOGICAL
reasons why they would be so adamant about this issue to the point of
denying us our democratic right to VOTE on an issue that affects us?
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1. Presentation is IMHO made deliberately confusing by combining the issues of High School Uniforms and ... which most here support ... and a NEW 'dress code' for elementary school children
2. The Presentation uses OLD DATA to support the selling of this proposal...People asked back in 2007 during the Vision 2020 consultation process had their opinion in 2007. It is now time to listen to the Parents of 2012 in the decision making not those asked 5 years ago. You have vetted this proposal to everyone - teachers, boards and committees from the Bishop on down to the Janitor but that does little to allay concerns raised by the actual parents being asked to accept your proposaL
UNLESS THESE Other PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HELP PAY THE INTITIAL COSTS of outfitting the target children THEN WHY ON EARTH DO THEY HAVE ANY VOICE AT ALL ...?
Let the actual Parents/Guardians VOTE....Uniforms or NOT? I am explaining this because at the meeting held in Blessed Trinity HS in Port Colborne, it...
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Leslie Daniels The Canadian Human Rights Act deals with equality rights; in particular, the right not to be discriminated against.
Are not people who cannot afford to buy uniforms being discriminated
against since they will not be allowed to keep their children in their
chosen Catholic school if they fail to conform?
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