Response to 'Ding dong, the witch is gone': Black parents aghast over racist letter to vice-principal force changes at TDSB

by Debbie L. Kasman in


Dear Ms. King, Ms. Zuberi and Dr. Malloy,

I’m writing in response to the “Ding dong, the witch is gone” letter as outlined in Shree Paradkar’s recent Opinion piece in the Toronto Star: “‘Ding, dong the witch is gone’: Black parents aghast over racist letter to vice-principal force changes at TDSB.”

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Dear Durham District School Board Teaching Community

by Debbie L. Kasman in


I’m writing to thank you for reading and sharing my Open Letter to Durham DSB trustees. Nearly 10,000 people have read the Open Letter! In the letter, I criticized the Durham DSB’s decision to accept Lisa Millar’s retirement for August 1, 2020 instead of demanding that Ms. Millar retire immediately. The trustees’ decision to allow Ms. Millar to remain in her role was a big fat institutional failure.

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An Open Letter to Durham District School Board Trustees

by Debbie L. Kasman in


Dear Durham District School Board Trustees,

In the summer of 2019, you hired a third-party investigator to delve into allegations of harassment by senior officials in the Durham District School Board. The investigator concluded that the Director of Education, Lisa Millar, and the Associate Director, David Visser, formed a duopoly of power, contravened Ontario’s laws and board policies, made repeated abusive, derogatory remarks to senior staff, and adopted a vindictive dislike towards certain superintendents.

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