Next public school board trustees to debate policy on renaming schools after election

Edmonton’s public school board needs a rule book for reconsidering school names chosen to honour controversial figures, one trustee says.
“History shouldn’t be forgotten, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that every child who enters the school will feel welcome, and feel comfortable with the name of the school,” Cheryl Johner, who represents Ward A in north-central Edmonton, said Tuesday.
An Ontario teachers’ union last month said schools  bearing the mon