Sanctions against Monique LaGrange upheld by judge [Video]

A judge has ruled in favour of the Red Deer Regional Catholic School Board and upheld sanctions on former trustee Monique LaGrange over a controversial social media post. 

The sanctions arose from LaGrange’s posting of a meme in 2023 comparing children waving Nazi flags to children waving Pride flags,which the shool board found violated The Education Act, board policy and the trustee code of conduct.

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LaGrange was allowed to remain a trustee under a number of conditions including publicly apologizing, paying for her own sensitivity training and refraining from speaking publicly about the Holocaust or the LGBTQ2S+ community.

She later resigned after being disqualified for contravening those sanctions and further violating board policy. She appealed to overturn the boards decision 

LaGrange appealed to overturn the board’s decision, but failed in a Nov. 14 decision.  

In it, the judge upheld the sanctions, saying LaGrange failed to prove they were …