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TORONTO – The York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) is an organization is crisis mode. It has received, in academic 2022-2023, a total of $601,705,281.00 in Grants for Student Needs (GSN) to nurture 49,233 students assigned to its care – 30,927 of them under the age of fourteen. The wrong people may be in charge.
TORONTO – Il consiglio scolastico del distretto cattolico di York (YCDSB) non crede più nel proprio obbligo costituzionalmente imposto di difendere e promuovere la cattolicità delle sue scuole. Sia il direttore (Domenic Scuglia) che il presidente (Frank Alexander) ne hanno ceduto la responsabilità al sindacato degli insegnanti, OECTA e al suo presidente locale, un certo Mike Totten.
TORONTO – York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) no longer believes in its own Constitutionally mandated obligation to defend and promote the catholicity of its schools. Both the Director (Domenic Scuglia) and the Chair (Frank Alexander) have ceded responsibility for that to the teachers’ union, OECTA and its local president, a certain Mike Totten.
TORONTO – There is chaos at the York Catholic District School Board, where a real tug of war is underway between parents who do not want their children – still at an early age – to be subjected, “under the guise of inclusiveness”, to pressure on sexual orientations and the Board itself which, with trustees and teaching staff, goes in the exact opposite direction and wants to support initiatives in favor of the LGBTQ+ community. In the meeting of 28 February, two parents, Carlo Ravenna and Sheree Di Vittorio, expressed their concerns on the matter (“our children have the right to their innocence”, they said) and a climate of tension was created which culminated with the arrival of the police. Another meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, with four speeches (two for each “party”): Sheree herself had asked to be able to speak but was denied this possibility. Corriere Canadese asked her to send to the editorial office the speech she would have read and it will be published in tomorrow’s printed edition of the Italian newspaper. Here below is the speech in its entirety.
TORONTO – È caos allo York Catholic District School Board, dove è in corso un vero e proprio braccio di ferro fra i genitori che non vogliono che i loro figli – ancora in tenera età – vengano sottoposti, “con la scusa dell’inclusività”, a pressioni sugli orientamenti sessuali e lo stesso Provveditorato che, con fiduciari e corpo docente, sostiene l’esatto contrario e vuole supportare iniziative a favore della comunità LGBTQ+. Nella riunione dello scorso 28 febbraio due genitori, Carlo Ravenna e Sheree Di Vittorio, hanno espresso le loro preoccupazioni in proposito (“i nostri figli hanno diritto alla loro innocenza”, hanno detto) e si è creato un clima di tensione culminato con l’arrivo della polizia. Per domani sera è previsto un altro meeting, con quattro interventi (due per “parte”): la stessa Sheree aveva chiesto di poter intervenire ma le è stata negata tale possibilità. Il Corriere Canadese le ha chiesto l’intervento che avrebbe letto: verrà pubblicato nell’edizione cartacea di domani (28 marzo 2023). Intanto eccolo, qui di seguito, integralmente.
