We’ll see what happens. These board members seem to be digging in their heals pretty hard, though. I assume that there must be other less vocal people who are supporting them; there’s no way they are doing this on their own?
Oakville teacher wears huge prosthetic breasts to shop class
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Yes…I remember reading that. The legal advice received by the board was the complete opposite so…I dunno.This is Levitt's NP column, that the HDSB totally ignored.
Howard Levitt: Halton school board has the power to ban trans teacher’s outfit, it’s just too scared to use it
Even in a unionized environment, an employer always has the right to ensure that employees are appropriately attired. Find out more.financialpost.com
I assume the board is doing this because they genuinely believe they are handling this in the way that best protects them from civil liability. I am sure they would love it if Busty Lemieux would just go away on her own, and I believe she will be leaving the board at the end of this academic year- 3 more months. So the board is just gonna run the clock and wait for her to leave on her own.
It looks to me like the board is just going through this process to appease these protesters…but they have no intention of actually doing anything…and the protesters know this…and the board knows that the protesters know this and they give zero fucks and are basically giving them the middle finger and letting them know that bomb threats are not going to change their decision.
At this point, do we even know if Busty Lemieux is teaching at that school? She had been off work for some time due to a foot injury but was videoed back in the school hobbling around in a walking cast a couple of weeks ago. So is she back teaching now? For all we know she may just be at home on medical leave for the rest of this semester?
What's totally messed up is that the kids at that school no longer feel safe because of right winger threats over this one likely trans teacher.
Its not the teacher that's making life miserable for the kids, its the people threatening trans and LGBTQ people.
Fear, anxiety, bomb threats: Inside the Halton school reeling amid furor over teacher dress code
“I’m constantly in fear that we are going to get attacked,” one Oakville Trafalgar High School student says of six-month-long ordeal.
I dont agree with the prison part or taking their kids away, but look at the grooming going on.
Sickos!!
Sickos!!
Most parents are too busy to even keep tabs on what their children view or do on the internet or who they have contact with outside of the home. It is bewildering that a parent would take the time and effort to take their children to an event like this. Talk about misplaced priorities!
The Sun article is asserting that it was the picture taken of Lemieux as a man and the letter from Stephen Lecce that led to her being placed on medical leave but they don’t have any proof of that.Busty Lemieux put on paid home leave. No longer teaching at Oakville Trafalgar High School!!
WARMINGTON: The Kayla Lemieux show cancelled; no longer at Oakville school
It was, ironically, a picture of an Oakville teacher reportedly dressed as a man — not ones of the shop instructor clothed as a busty woman — that led to that persontorontosun.com
Lemieux had been off work for awhile due to the foot injury; I suspect the medical leave has more to do with that but it’s impossible to know bc neither the school nor Lemieux are going to tell us.
Anyway…all’s well that ends well. All the anti-trans activists and their Right Wing friends in parliament will need to find new targets for their bomb threats.
This whole story is bonkers. I don't think anyone on the left or right thinks what this individual is doing is appropriate. Are they intentionally trying to fuck with the board as some sort of right-wing stunt? Were they close to being fired previously and jumped on this identity to avoid dismissal by making the board second guess the potential of a human rights tribunal? And the board....As Levitt accurately put it, the board can insist on appropriate dress in the classroom....
Now, according to the Star, the board is bringing in outside help:
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The whole situation is so bizarre, I don't even know what is real or bullshit.
Now, according to the Star, the board is bringing in outside help:
Halton board to bring in help to manage controversy over teacher dress code
Trustees voted for outside adviser after provincial government advised them to take further action.
The whole situation is so bizarre, I don't even know what is real or bullshit.
I hope that means right wingers will stop with the bomb threats to the school.Busty Lemieux put on paid home leave. No longer teaching at Oakville Trafalgar High School!!
WARMINGTON: The Kayla Lemieux show cancelled; no longer at Oakville school
It was, ironically, a picture of an Oakville teacher reportedly dressed as a man — not ones of the shop instructor clothed as a busty woman — that led to that person
And what's the dress code gonna do? All Boobs has to say is that it's a body image issue and the Board will fold. That's why he is still being paid because firing him opens up the Board to the wrongful dismissal suit and discrimination charges. They don't want to set the precedent of firing someone claiming to be trans.This whole story is bonkers. I don't think anyone on the left or right thinks what this individual is doing is appropriate. Are they intentionally trying to fuck with the board as some sort of right-wing stunt? Were they close to being fired previously and jumped on this identity to avoid dismissal by making the board second guess the potential of a human rights tribunal? And the board....As Levitt accurately put it, the board can insist on appropriate dress in the classroom....
Now, according to the Star, the board is bringing in outside help:
Halton board to bring in help to manage controversy over teacher dress code
Trustees voted for outside adviser after provincial government advised them to take further action.
The whole situation is so bizarre, I don't even know what is real or bullshit.
Pretty clearly it's fear of being sued that deters the board.
Calls for some clarification to the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Education Act by the Ford Tories in Queens Park. But we know that Ford runs from any type of decision-making or decisive action like a wussy.
If you read the Sun article, the scam involved the scammer claiming that he had had an extreme reaction to taking estrogen to transition and that his breasts had become huge and were real. Sounds like he was daring them to fire him, so he could then launch a Human Rights complaint and attempt to claim that his massive fake boobs were real.
I don’t mean to brag but I would just like to take this opportunity to point out that I predicted this outcome on Tuesday.
???? Which trans individual has "real" boobs? There are even plenty of normal women who wear prosthetics or "enhancers" of all kinds. No board, no government, no institution in Canada will go into boobs regulating business, not in 2023. And none will touch the gender issue. That's why they try to hide behind the dress code. In 2023 you must pretend that the physical beauty or the grotesque do not exist.
So easy to catch dummies when they respond. Did you mean to make fun of specially challenged people when making an attempt to cut me down? That's exactly why I'm more book smart and street smart than you. You just cut down challenged people while defending this fool that the thread is about. Well done genius. Hit the books or hit a workout session. My bet is you will do neither. Try not to be a sucker in your next life.
This article answers my question as to whether the community, through the board of trustees, can tell the HDSB what to do. The answer is apparently, No.
Parents at Halton school board demand more from professionalism policy amid uproar over teacher dress code
Education director calls threats directed at students and staff ‘distressing and heartbreaking’ as trustees debate proposed policy.www.thestar.com
From the above article:
Director’s decision ‘at the end of the day’
But Trustee Amy Collard said the Education Act stipulates trustees must stay out of daily school operations, which fall under the purview of the director. She said trustees “absolutely” want parents to have “a meaningful role” and that trustees can provide input on procedures, “but it’s the director’s decision, at the end of the day, whether or not to include something like that in a procedure.”
So…the parents/community can advise the board but the board is not obligated to follow their advice. That’s why the parents/community are so angry to the point of making bomb threats.
