Nancy Elgie, a trustee with the York Region District School Board, has apologized for using a racial slur when referring to a black parent of a student in the board. “My mother cares deeply about the families of York Region, and the school board — that is why she is a trustee. They say, in part: “Trustee Nancy Elgie called a parent “the N word” at a school board meeting … Thus far your Trustee (name here) has said nothing … she has the power to suspend Trustee Elgie from the school board. Does she stand up to racism?”Rob Davis, a former Toronto Catholic school board trustee and city councillor, has started an in-your-face social media campaign urging York Region trustees to vote to suspend fellow trustee Nancy Elgie. “I got involved with the school board through my own experience advocating for my own two children, and I am heartbroken at the stories I have heard from parents, students and staff.

Source: thestar February 11, 2017 09:56 UTC