A vote at an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) meeting Monday night to determine whether trustee Nili Kaplan-Myrth breached the board's code of conduct was defeated.
Kaplan-Myrth, a local doctor who was elected as a trustee in the 2022 municipal election, was under scrutiny over text messages she sent to fellow trustee Donna Dickson ahead of a vote on whether to bring back a mask mandate at local public schools.
Dickson said she brought the text messages to the attention of board chair Lyra Evans multiple times, including in the immediate aftermath, but that nothing was done. She filed a formal complaint in February after Evans said Kaplan-Myrth did not believe an apology was warranted. "The anti-mask crowd has mobilized to send out letters. Many of those people aren't even Ottawa families. This disproportionately affects the very people whose families are poor, who cannot miss work or school, who are most likely to end up in hospital. I beg you to reconsider," Kaplan-Myrth's text said.
During the reconvened special meeting on Nov. 24, Kaplan-Myrth texted Dickson again while the meeting was taking place, telling her to abstain from the vote.Dickson replied, "Leave me alone." To which Kaplan-Myrth replied, "Don't talk to me about equity then."
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