The principal and faculty of Sloane Avenue Public School in North York sent an email to parents this week telling them that Halloween costumes would be discouraged at the school and that the popular holiday itself would be replaced with a celebration of Fall. The outcry from parents and public in the hours following the email has caused the school to reverse that decision. Sloan PS is located at 110 Sloan northwest of Victoria Park Ave and Eglinton Ave. and is part of the TDSB. Central to the now-reversed decision was the concept of inclusion and what it might really mean versus the concept of diversity. Both are Canadian watchwords which may need generous interpretation as we courageously try to get along.
Political correctness is a disease.