Waterloo Catholic school board meeting relocated to accommodate federal election

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A high-profile gathering of the Waterloo Catholic schoolhouse committee is being relocated to debar getting successful the mode of voters heading to the polls on federal predetermination night.

Meeting volition see announcement of question to prohibition each flags, including Pride flags, connected WCDSB properties

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· Posted: Apr 16, 2025 2:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

A high-profile gathering of the Waterloo Catholic schoolhouse committee is being relocated to debar getting successful the mode of voters heading to the polls on election night.

The gathering of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) was acceptable to instrumentality spot connected Monday, April 28, astatine the Catholic Education Centre astatine 35 Weber St. W. successful Kitchener, but that determination is adjacent to a polling station.

The meeting, which takes spot the aforesaid time voters caput to the polls successful the national election, is present being moved to Resurrection Catholic Secondary School astatine 455 University Ave. W. successful Kitchener.

"The relocation has been made successful the tone of being bully neighbours and to assistance guarantee unimpeded entree for voters," a announcement connected WCDSB's website said.

The past 2 meetings by trustees astatine the WCDSB person drawn protestors connected some sides of an contented involving the board's emblem policy. The trustees are debating whether to prohibition each flags but for the Canadian, Ontario and schoolhouse committee emblem from being flown oregon displayed astatine schools crossed the region. If passed, it would mean the Pride emblem could not beryllium flown astatine section Catholic schools.

WATCH | 2nd rally held to protestation Catholic schoolhouse board's question to prohibition Pride flags:

2nd rally held to protestation Catholic schoolhouse board's question to prohibition Pride flags

A fistful of protestors attended a rally connected Monday day up of a gathering by trustees of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) to code its emblem policy. There were radical determination demonstrating connected some sides of the issue. The trustees are debating whether to prohibition each flags but for the Canadian, Ontario and schoolhouse committee emblem from being flown oregon displayed astatine schools crossed the region. If passed, it would mean the Pride emblem could not beryllium flown astatine section Catholic schools. Trustees are acceptable to sermon the question astatine a gathering scheduled for April 28.

New committee of trustees seat announced

The WCDSB has faced upheaval precocious aft the committee of trustees chair, Robert Sikora, abruptly resigned backmost successful March. No crushed was provided for Sikora's sudden resignation.

On Monday, the committee announced that a caller committee of trustees seat was appointed.

Renée Kraft, 1 of 4 Kitchener/Wilmot trustees, was voted in during a peculiar committee meeting. Sikora remains a trustee for Cambridge.

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