The York Region District School Board is giving itself extra time to decide how best to censure a controversial trustee whose comments in the Toronto Star suggested women are to “stay quiet in the kitchen.” At a board meeting Tuesday evening, trustees discussed a report by the integrity commissioner, which found Trustee Elizabeth Terrell-Tracey’s comments “distasteful, derogatory, out-of-place, and offensive.”York Region District School Board Trustee Elizabeth Terrell-Tracey is shown at a board meeting on Dec. 3. Board members are pondering how to censure Terrell-Tracey for controversial comments she made to Star reporter Kristin Rushowy in December. Their decision will be presented at a special public board meeting March 18 at 6:15 p.m. Terrell-Tracey was present, but abstained from the vote. Star reporter Kristin Rushowy had reached out to Terrell-Tracey for comment following a board meeting where members of the public were demanding the new trustee’s resignation. The outcry was because of racist comments posted on Terrell-Tracey’s Facebook page during the election about her rival being an immigrant.

Source: thestar March 06, 2019 22:52 UTC