UPDATE: School board disputes union's description of meet-and-greet with trustees

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Unionized support staff at ADSB say they invited trustees to a meeting to discuss workplace violence — but none showed up. The board chair tells a different story

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was updated on March 8 to include comments from the chair of the Algoma District School Board.

“Date and time were provided and no further details,” said ADSB chair Jennifer Sarlo. “There was no indication that there was in fact an ‘agenda’ attached to this event. Nor was there any indication that media would be in attendance. As we later learned, media was provided a different email invitation. Again, ADSB Trustees had no knowledge that this in fact was the intent of the ‘meet and greet’ social.

“There are certainly other avenues for the Board to receive information ,” she continued. “Our oversight would include having policies and procedures in place to protect the health and well-being of our students and staff and we make budget decisions that are designed to meet those needs. The Board takes matters of safety of its students and staff seriously.”

Predum said that parents of children who commit violent acts toward educators also want to see plans in place to help their children change their behaviour. “The trustees should have come to the frontline workers and heard our stories, not the stories that administration are telling them at board meetings. It’s a balance and the balance is out of whack right now,” Galipeau said.

 

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