The Durham District School Council (DDSB) asked three schools to “pause” its decision to cancel the Prom and take time to consult a community after students held a protest walk at one school.
On Monday morning, more than 100 brooklin high school pupils flooded the school’s front yard, many signs and a few fiery pins. Passing cars and trucks often supported their horns, which the students met with joy.
“Prom was a tradition for so many years,” said Emily Smith, a 12th grade student. “Class of ’26 really deserves it.”
Another 12th grade student, Aydin Leamen, wore a 400 USD suit he bought to wear to be prom. Before the surprise cancellation.
“It is really disappointing that they have not given the exact reason why,” Leamen said.
Aydin Leamen, a brooklin high school student, wore a $ 400 claim for Prom for a surprise cancellation on Monday’s protest. (Rochelle Raveendran/CBC)
According to a letter circulating in social media, brooklin is one of the three schools in the Durham District School Council (DDSB), which withdrew from Prome on Friday.
“Because of the increasing expectations, liabilities and risks associated with school-owned Prome, schools make it increasingly difficult for schools to continue to offer them as it was once,” the letter written by Brooklin, Brock Secondary School and Uxbridge High School.
CBC News appealed to all three schools to comment.
In a letter, schools said that “he would focus on engaging and meaningful activities of the year, which unites students in a way that prioritize security, dignity and belonging.”
Collecting Brooklin Student Funds for Private Prome
The Durham District School Council stated that it had asked for three schools to “pause” its plans to withdraw Prom email. In a letter to CBC News Monday afternoon.
The Board did not say whether this request was related to the student’s protest, but said they “want to ensure that students’ voices were listened to.”
“We support the changes, but we asked these schools to pause and plan opportunities to sit with students and staff to understand and to investigate meaningful alternatives or changes that reflect our general values and priorities,” the email reads. In the letter.
Brooklin students created “Gofundme” to help seniors to raise an unforgettable promo, “as well as a petition requesting the school withdrawal. (Rochelle Raveendran/CBC)
The Board argued that costs, expectations and liabilities related to the end of the year’s end of the year have been “fundamentally” over time.
“As a result, some DDSB Secondary School, given the trends throughout Ontaria, rethinks how to get closer to the end of the year,” the report states.
Cancellation is a special shot as pandemic restrictions prevented current 12th grade students to celebrate 8 graduation with a traditional dance and graduation trip, said high school senior Nadia Gibson.
“We never had the right celebration … Now that we are going to a new section, we especially need prom,” she said.
12th grade students Nadia Gibson, left, and Emily Smith participated in Monday’s protest brooklin high school. (Rochelle Raveendran/CBC)
Brooklin students said they were told they were told that the school would organize breakfast for a graduate class, but some said it was not enough.
Another option is that students and parents can organize their private holidays. In a general letter, three schools said that families could do so.
Brooklin students have already developed “Gofundme” to help seniors “Funds Collecting Unforgettable Prom” along with a petition to annul the school’s decision.
Meanwhile, the Uxbridge mayor Dave Barton said he was happy to help if families decide to organize their PROM, whether it was contacts or even a voluntary activity on the day.
He says he is heard from parents who care about their children to miss the rites.
“Our children lost so much during pandemic,” Barton said. “There are so many things we could experience that they didn’t do it.”
“Not everyone has affectionate memories of their promo, but every pupil of each high school should be able to go to one.”