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STAHN: When is it time to listen to the students?

Students and teachers have been asking for it. A petition with more than 770 student signatures was submitted to the school board last year. This year another 300 students have already signed another petition. Yet an anti-homophobic harassment policy still does not exist in our schools. The bureaucratic process has its place. Legally steps need...

Grade 11 student continues push for anti-homophobia policy

AIMS FOR SCHOOL-LEVEL POLICY IN WAKE OF BOARD REFUSAL KAMLOOPS - After months of discussion, the Kamloops-Thompson school board turned down a request to have a dedicated policy dealing with homophobic harassment, but one student is refusing to take no for an answer and is now pushing to get a policy put in place at...