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Parent rep cries ‘fascism’<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nBy Joel Ceausu<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The debate over the EMSB parents survey controversy shows little sign of abating, with allegations of fascism and smear campaigns levelled while the principal players faced off at a meeting in the East End last week, and the survey goes live online.<\/p>\n

Designed to gauge parent opinion on several matters, the short survey has been prevented from distribution using EMSB channels, as council consults employee groups and its advisory committee on special education services.<\/p>\n

The Central Parents Committee has every right to survey parents, conceded EMSB chair Angela Mancini, but its gambit to garner board support through a resolution in April requesting board assistance has subjected the process to a consultation.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\u201cThey presented it to council and we have to respect council\u2019s vote,\u201d she told The Suburban.<\/i> \u201cThey had the chance to withdraw it as well. As long as we are consulting on this issue with our stakeholder groups, then we cannot distribute this survey.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mancini confirmed, as did vice chair Sylvia Lo Bianco in The Suburban\u2019s<\/i> earlier reports, that the survey could be distributed outside school not using EMSB resources.<\/p>\n

The distinction may have been lost on some, according to a delegate from west-end Elizabeth Ballantyne School who said a principal didn\u2019t even allow discussion of the issue at a governing board meeting.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\u201cThe principal literally shut me down,\u201d she said, adding she was advised to \u201cgo out on the sidewalk and talk about it.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\nMancini condemned the move, as did CPC chair Pietro Mercuri who told the group: \u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable that people who put their time into this were treated that way.\u201d <\/p>\n

Leprosy<\/b><\/div>\n

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<\/b>Delegate George Varelas expressed dismay at the response at \u201cour flagship school,\u201d  Gardenview in St. Laurent, where teachers allegedly characterized the survey as something conceived \u201cby a bunch of parents sitting around a bar…”<\/div>\n
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\n“I might as well have been selling leprosy,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t send my kids to school to learn about fascism and dictatorship, where\u2019s democracy? It\u2019s a survey!\u201d<\/div>\n
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\n\u201cThat\u2019s just proof of need for such a survey said Mercuri. \u201cTeachers should know what the CPC does.\u201d <\/p>\n

For Mancini it\u2019s clear: \u201cYou (CPC) do not need to come to council but you did deposit it at the April meeting, so we have to consult our employees. We cannot put ourselves at risk, and we\u2019ve started a process to make sure the directive is followed: a process we\u2019ve followed for umpteen years.\u201d <\/p>\n

She said once the consult is completed (by May 27), the board will allow distribution using board resources, and condemned \u201ca smear campaign\u201d by the CPC to paint her as acting against parents.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\u201cAs a chairperson but more importantly as a parent I am embarrassed by what I hear, by statements bordering on lies.\u201d <\/p>\n

The survey is now live at www.facebook.com\/EMSBParents<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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\nCPC vice-chair Andrew Ross expressed frustration that the online survey might not reach low-income families without computers at home.<\/div>\n
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\n\u201cWe have not been allowed access to the school board\u2019s internal mail system or to any assistance from principals,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cUnfortunately, that may mean the opinions of some parents may be excluded from the survey.\u201d<\/div>\n
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