If Ontario school boards don’t restore proms, Education Minister says he will | Unpublished
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Author: Allison Jones
Publication Date: October 23, 2025 - 18:15

If Ontario school boards don’t restore proms, Education Minister says he will

October 23, 2025

Education Minister Paul Calandra said Thursday that if an Ontario school board doesn’t restore prom plans for three of its high schools that cancelled them, he will step in and do it.

Three schools in the Durham District School Board decided to cancel the traditional event due to what the principals called growing liabilities and risks connected to school-run proms.



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