School board reprimands Trustee Moyer over sexual harassment complaints

The Toronto District School Board has voted to express its severe disappointment with Trustee Elizabeth Moyer for having “breached the trustees' code of conduct” after an outside report found she sexually harassed two senior staff members.

Board Chair Chris Bolton said he believes the move to officially “censure” Moyer in a recorded vote of 11 to 1 should show the board can handle problems that arise and staff should not be afraid to raise concerns.

“There's been this feeling that there's a culture of fear at the board and I think it's why it took some time for this complaint to come to the fore. So for all concerned, we needed to come to a decision,” said Bolton, noting it has been more than a year since executive superintendent Jim Spyropoulos complained that Moyer touched his face in a flirtatious way that made him feel uncomfortable. An outside investigator found Moyer did touch Spyropoulos inappropriately and also made a sexually suggestive comment to executive superintendent Manon Gardner.  (more...)

School board reprimands Trustee Moyer over sexual harassment complaints

H/T to Socialist Studies