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BRANTFORD – Faculty board officers right here have apologized “unreservedly” after sources instructed Postmedia an Ontario Provincial Police officer was instructed by a superintendent he might solely attend profession day at his kid’s college out of uniform.

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The battle on the Grand Erie District college board was first reported by Postmedia columnist Brian Lilley, who stated a superintendent instructed the police officer-parent they could not attend profession day, citing considerations for immigrant and refugee kids.

Whereas board officers stated they’d “considerations with a number of the particulars” being reported, they “acknowledged that the preliminary communication to the dad or mum was not appropriate.”

Added a faculty board official within the assertion: “We apologize unreservedly for this miscommunication.”

One regulation enforcement official acquainted with the state of affairs instructed The Brantford Expositor the board’s assertion does not deal with an vital query – whether or not or not the officer-parent might attend profession day in uniform. In line with the supply, who requested to not be recognized given the sensitivity of the matter, the officer-parent was instructed he would solely be welcome if he did not put on his uniform.

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Famous the college board assertion: “As a board, we worth the work and dedication of cops, and as dad and mom, they’re welcome in our colleges.”

Ontario’s schooling minister, Stephen Lecce, has stated any determination to dam a dad or mum from attending their kid’s college’s profession day could be “shameful.” He added: “These people work across the clock to guard kids and households in our communities.”

The Grand Erie board’s headquarters are in Brantford. It has roughly 70 elementary and excessive colleges in Brantford and all through rural Southwestern Ontario communities in Norfolk, Brant and Haldimand counties.

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