Ontario issues directives to school board that oversees Mississauga schools after review on anti-black racism

TORONTO -- Ontario's education minister has issued more than two dozen directives to the Peel District School Board following a review of the board looking at anti-black racism.
Stephen Lecce has asked the board to regularly report on equity, conduct a diversity audit, develop a learning plan for senior staff on equity and anti-black racism, track race-based data on suspensions and consider apologizing to the black community.
The third-party review found that black students are only 10.2 per cent of the secondary school population, but about 22.5 per cent of the students receiving suspensions.
The reviewers heard anecdotally that some principals "use any excuse" to suspend black students, including wearing hoodies or hoop earrings.
Recent school board data shows that about 83 per cent of secondary school students in the board are racialized, and the reviewers say about two-thirds of teachers in the board are white.
Lecce says accounts of systemic racism and discrimination in the report are "deeply troubling and will not be tolerated."
The board says it commits to taking immediate action on all of the directives.
The Canadian Press
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