Skirting the Issue

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creating policies that affect our schools and our children." She believes that this makes for good debate and ensures that all aspects of the issue are addressed democratically. The trustee also brought news of the standardized dress code coming up for consideration and made it clear that the trustees and board members were interested in consulting with the community about the formal adoption and implementation of such policy. Further to the boards' meetings she reports that, "There was a motion to send home surveys simply asking a yes or no question whether we agreed with uniforms coming to our school;" this however was defeated. " She goes on record stating that, "She is opposed to the non-inclusion of the question yes or no to school uniforms." The board members made the decision on our behalf without consultation. The questions in the survey asked us to "Identify factors needing consideration in a policy other than affordability and ease of purchase" and "In the case of ...

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the dignity and welfare of others." Making such statements, especially by a governing body that is required to focus on our children's academic achievement, should be required to validate their statements with due diligence. Upon speaking with the Ministry of Education and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (an international leader in teacher education, education research and graduate studies in education) there has not been any studies conducted to validate these assumptions. Does this statement mean that our schools do not provide a safe and respectful learning and teaching environment because our children are dressed in casual clothes? In an article in the local paper ...

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