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Originally Posted by Ace
In the article it outlines that the student was asked, do you want to attend a conference, and you’ll miss school all day and your parents won’t know. Weather this is a failing of the bill or not, that is how it was represented, and my point is that we should be able to discuss and make amendments on these things without being labeled as “going backwards”.
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It wasn't a failing of the Bill though. It was a failing of the school.
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Later, Crown attorney Kristan McLeod told the court that parents are supposed to be told when their children are taken off school grounds.
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http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/acts/s03.pdf
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must provide that the principal is responsible for ensuring
that notification, if any, respecting a voluntary student
organization or an activity referred to in section 16.1(1)
(i) is limited to the fact of the establishment of the
organization or the holding of the activity, and
(ii) is otherwise consistent with the usual practices
relating to notifications of other student
organizations and activities,
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A principal must make sure that notification is in line with other activities.
So if the soccer team was going to be brought off-site by some random 'facilitator' and they would miss school, the school would notify parents. The principal must also make sure that parents are aware that those in the GSA would, just the same, be leaving school for an off-site conference. There's also really no limits on principals (and parents) from getting involved in what type of activities are being promoted within the GSA.
So if your argument comes down to "We need to make sure we know if our children might be removed from school and why" Congrats, we're already there! No need to change.
And finally, as is customary for me to point out, the ruling is available for you to read. Don't need to take some bias opinion from a fear monger:
https://www.jccf.ca/wp-content/uploa.../DOC062718.pdf
"There is no evidence that any of these materials were ever promoted by the respondent or GSAs generally, or that the materials ever came into the hands of any students through a GSA. There is no evidence that there is a risk of the material being disseminated to students in GSAs."
And of course when it comes to the safety and health of students, there is a carte blanche responsibility for teachers and principals to get the parents involved.