SCHOOL REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATION - School districts - School boards or service centres - Members and trustees

Law360 Canada ( October 26, 2026, 9:37 AM EDT) -- Appeals by LaGrange from decisions dismissing her applications for judicial review of two disciplinary decisions of Board of Trustees of Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division (Board). LaGrange, an elected school board trustee, posted a meme juxtaposing children waving swastika flags with children waving Pride flags, captioned “brainwashing is brainwashing.” The Board found that she breached its code of conduct and imposed sanctions restricting her public activities, requiring sensitivity training and compelling a public apology. After LaGrange made further social media posts and participated in media interviews discussing the meme and related issues, the Board found that she breached the sanctions and code of conduct and disqualified her as a trustee. She resigned under protest. On appeal, LaGrange argued that the Board unreasonably failed to consider Catholic values, that the first proceeding was procedurally unfair because the Board prejudged the matter, that the compelled apology was unreasonable, and that the Board unreasonably found that she breached restrictions against officially representing the Board and publicly commenting on matters relating to the 2SLGBTQ+ community....
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