2nd sudden resignation hits Waterloo Catholic school board as vice-chair steps down

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Kitchener-Waterloo

The Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) has been making headlines amid a statement astir banning flags. The board's seat stepped down from the presumption successful precocious March. Now, conscionable days aft appointing a caller chair, the committee released a memo stating that Linda Cuff had resigned from her presumption arsenic vice-chair.

Trustee Linda Cuff is 1 of 2 representatives for Waterloo/Wellesley/Woolwich

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· Posted: Apr 17, 2025 11:22 AM EDT | Last Updated: 37 minutes ago

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Linda Cuff was the vice-chair of the Waterloo Catholic schoolhouse committee of trustees. She stepped down arsenic of Thursday but maintains her relation arsenic a trustee for Waterloo/Wellesley/Woolwich. (WCDSB)

The vice-chair of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) has resigned, according to a little merchandise from the committee Thursday.

Linda Cuff is 1 of 2 trustees for Waterloo/Wellesley/Woolwich. She volition clasp her relation arsenic a trustee but volition nary longer service arsenic vice-chair.

Cuff is present the 2nd idiosyncratic successful a enactment presumption to abruptly measurement down from her role. In precocious March, the seat of the board, Robert Sikora, besides abruptly near the relation but maintained his presumption arsenic a trustee. Cuff, arsenic vice-chair, took connected the relation of acting seat successful the mates of weeks earlier the committee could clasp a vote.

The announcement comes conscionable days aft a peculiar committee gathering appointed Renée Kraft arsenic the caller seat of the committee of trustees.

Kraft and Cuff were some up for the unfastened presumption of chair. Kraft told CBC K-W's The Morning Edition Thursday that the voting came to a tie. Following owed process, they drew from a chapeau to interruption the tie.

Cuff's resignation arsenic vice-chair besides comes conscionable earlier a question to prohibition governmental and individuality flags successful each schools wrong the WCDSB, including Pride flags. The past 2 trustee meetings person spurred protests and mixed reviews from residents connected some sides of the issue.

The question is acceptable to beryllium discussed successful afloat connected April 28 astatine Resurrection Catholic Secondary School astatine 455 University Ave. W. successful Kitchener.

Kraft told The Morning Edition that determination would beryllium ineligible considerations successful the premix arsenic they sermon the champion mode to spell astir the emblem debate. In the aforesaid meeting, the committee volition ballot connected who volition regenerate Cuff arsenic vice-chair.

LISTEN | WCDSB appoints Renee Kraft caller committee of trustees chair:

The Morning Edition - K-W6:32WCDSB appoints Renee Kraft caller committee of trustees chair

The Waterloo Catholic District School Board has been successful the spotlight lately. That's owed to a arguable question being discussed to prohibition immoderate flags connected schoolhouse properties, including Pride flags. Amid each the turmoil, the seat of the committee of trustees resigned abruptly. And conscionable this week, a caller seat was appointed.

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