Pride flag to fly at schools Pride flag to fly at schools By Catholic Register Staff May 13, 2021
The Pride flag will be flying over Ontario Catholic schools in a number of jurisdictions, including Toronto, in the month of June.
The Toronto Catholic District School Board was the latest to choose to fly the flag to commemorate Pride month, which celebrates the LGBT community, at its May 6 meeting.
Other Catholics boards that will fly the flag are Waterloo, Wellington and Thunder Bay. Trustees in the Halton Catholic District School Board chose not to fly the flag.
The Archdiocese of Toronto, in a May 4 reflection on inclusion after numerous inquiries from education partners, acknowledged the passionate feelings on all sides of the issue.
A challenging year of online learning has some local high school seniors reconsidering their post-graduation plans, with the idea of taking a "victory lap" fifth-year becoming more appealing.
Last Updated Friday, May 7, 2021 9:02AM EDT Catholic schools in Toronto will raise the Pride flag next month for the first time ever. In a TCDSB virtual board meeting on Thursday evening, the board voted in favour of proclaiming Pride Month every June and raising the flag at the Board office and at all TCDSB schools. “We recognize that this is an important step required to demonstrate the TCDSB’s ongoing commitment to fostering inclusive environments that are safe and welcoming places for 2SLGBTQ+ students and staff, TCDSB Chair Joe Martino and Director Brendan Browne said in a statement Friday morning.
TORONTO Change is coming to the Toronto Catholic District School Board: the Pride flag will fly at all schools this June. Student Trustee Keith Baybayon says, having it fly, I felt more free. To say that I m more free to be myself. More free to express myself and who I am as a person. The grade 11 student at Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School identifies as a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community. He says this moment is a symbol of progress. It means that it s a solidarity between the board and the students and staff, he says. The vote came after the LGBTQ2S+ advisory committee made three recommendations; that the TCDSB recognize Pride Month in June, that the Pride flag fly at all schools as well as at the board office.
KITCHENER Families of Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) students will soon have to decide between in-person or virtual learning for the next school year. Mataya Mondey, a grade 11 student at Glenview Park Secondary School says she once imagined her senior year in high school would be a time she would never forget, but now she’s having second thoughts. “Once I graduate, there’s nothing,” she said. “It’s not special anymore, there’s no memories.” Mondey was notified by WRDSB on April 26 that she had to decide her mode of learning for the next school year by 4 p.m. on Monday.