TDSB trustees want Ontario to speed up probe after students appear to attend pro-Palestinian protest

Toronto’s public school board has asked the province to expedite its investigation into a field trip about Indigenous issues where students also appeared to march alongside a rally by pro-Palestinian protesters, prompting concerns about events not aligning with permission forms that described the excursion.In a special Toronto District School Board meeting on Wednesday evening about last week’s Grassy Narrows River Run event, trustees also voted to move up a review of the board’s excursion policy to this year. The review was previously scheduled to occur in three years.Louise Sirisko, the TDSB’s acting director of education, told trustees that staff have “concerns about what occurred in relation to this excursion, and believe additional information is necessary to properly assess the situation.”