多倫多三萬五千學生罷課，強烈抵制激進性教育

來源： TheStar News
Thousands of parents keep kids home from school in sex-ed protest

In Toronto, almost 35,000 students were absent, a leap of 144 per cent over the previous Monday. In York Region some 2,000 elementary students stayed home, including 70 per cent of students at Teston Village Public School and 40 per cent at Markham Gateway Public School. In Peel Region, 1,170 students stayed home, with some schools missing up to 250 students.

Hardest hit was Toronto』s Thorncliffe Park Public School, where only about 130 children showed up of the usual 1,350 — roughly 90 per cent staying away. At the all-kindergarten school next door, only 90 children showed up of 600, even though the updated health curriculum doesn』t kick in until Grade 1. At nearby Valley Park Middle School, some 590 students were absent out of 950.


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「There』s an agenda of promoting the LGBTQ community and, although we know this is a secular society, please don』t come into my home with this,」 said parent Abdul Azeem, chair of the Thorncliffe Park』s parent council. 「It means we』re indoctrinating children with a minority lifestyle.」



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來源： CBC News

TORONTO - A parent-led campaign to keep children home from class in protest of Ontario's new sexual-education curriculum gained early traction on Monday as the province's largest school board reported tens of thousands of absences.

Ryan Bird, a spokesman with the Toronto District School Board, said 34,762 elementary school students were absent on the first day of the campaign, which was largely organized through Facebook. That's more than double the 14,191 absences recorded last Monday.

At least one of the city's elementary schools had an absentee rate of more than 90 per cent, Bird said. Thorncliffe Park Public School was reporting that 1,220 of its 1,350 students were not in class, he said, adding that about 100 parents had turned up to stage a protest outside the building.

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