The school division would not comment "as this is an internal school division matter," a spokesperson said. Barbara Bowes, president of the human resources consulting firm Legacy Bowes Group, says a failure to consider the potential repercussions of attending such rallies is "really quite foolish." "There's a lot of talk about personal rights and [the employee's] ability to speak their own private opinion, etc.," Bowes said in a Tuesday interview with CBC Radio's Up To Speed. "But as soon as you get into the public audience, then you also have to worry about how your attendance, or your voice, or your placards harm your employer's business interests."