Labeling the Upper Canada District School Board’s accommodation review process to close 29 schools “undiplomatic and hostile”, a committee member tasked with reporting on the public meetings has resigned.
Michelle Taylor was part of the group charged with gathering public input from the Grenville , Brockville, and Athens area meetings, but has said she can no longer, quote, “compile watered-down feedback into a report that may not even be taken seriously by the school board”.
Taylor also expressed her disappointment at the roadblocks the UCDSB has put in front of the public in order to participate in the public meetings. Currently in order to present, speakers must register with the board in advance with a prepared presentation in order to even be considered for one of the eight spots available to speak.
This comes in a Facebook post from Taylor who is calling on other committee members to resign as well.
The first meeting Taylor was to moderate will be at South Grenville District High School tomorrow evening at 6:30pm. Oxford-on-Rideau Public School SOS members have said they have two presentations prepared for the meeting.
(Written by: Dylan Dyson)
