Parents Against Wi-Fi Gagged by School Board

Parents Against Wi-Fi Gagged by School Board

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Public board trustees to stop hearing from Wi-Fi opponents for six months

A protester shouted "Heil Hitler" during Thursday night's public school board meeting because trustees refuse to hear any more delegations from people concerned about Wi-Fi being installed in schools.

People spoke out of order by shouting at trustees from the audience and, at one point, 40 people stood defiantly and clapped in unison in protest.

They were angry after Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board chairwoman Diane Lloyd told the crowd the board won't hear any more delegations about Wi-Fi for six months because trustees feel they've heard enough about the technology, which Health Canada and the local medical officer of health says is safe. If trustees have already made a decision about an issue and have heard delegations, board policy states that trustees can elect not to hear more delegations for six months, Lloyd said.
Audience members interrupted Lloyd several times by shouting things such as "Shame" and "What do we pay our taxes for?" and audience members also approached the board table, speaking out of order, leading to Lloyd telling them repeatedly to sit down.

Peterborough trustee Rose Kitney suggested having a separate meeting, specifically for people with Wi-Fi concerns. After a five-minute recess, Lloyd said the board will investigate having such a meeting and will try to have technology experts on-hand to answer questions. No date or location has been set.

Sheena Symington, a parent of children at Buckhorn Public School, expressed outrage that she wasn't allowed to speak and called the board's decision "short-sighted and narrow-minded."

While some argue the technology can cause health problems such as heart palpitations, dizziness and vomiting, Lloyd said Wi-Fi is used in the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto — a temporary home for some of the country's most vulnerable children.

"We wouldn't put anything in a school that isn't safe," Lloyd said.

The Catholic board has also installed Wi-Fi in its schools without any reported problems, she said.

Lloyd said parents and staff at James Strath Public School are "excited" to now have access to Wi-Fi, which connects people wirelessly to the Internet.

John and Laurie McColl, however, say they recently removed their daughter from James Strath and are home-schooling her because of Wi-Fi concerns.

The McColls, who have never addressed trustees before, said they're "disheartened" they weren't allowed to speak.

The board makes sweeping generalizations that "most" of its 35,000 students want Wi-Fi without ever having done a survey, added Kate Huband, whose child attends Prince of Wales. She said the Catholic board may not have any reported problems from its Wi-Fi but it hasn't done a health survey, done before and after installation, to know if there are any effects.

"So how do we know?" Huband said.

NOTES: Peterborough trustee Roy Wilfong said people who haven't addressed the board before, and who have new information, should still be allowed to make delegations....Trustee Shirley Patterson, who serves Asphodel-Norwood, Trent Hills and Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, said she'd like to see more information that Wi-Fi is safe.... Some audience members wore red ribbons to indicate they were protesting Wi-Fi.

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[smartermeters]

@Drrck11 They are concerned about the biological effects of radio frequencies, not the security of the data being transmitted wirelessly. Category 5 cabling is not that expensive, but the wireless industry spends a lot of effort convincing schools that wireless is the only viable option for upgrading a network.

[theCosmicQueen]

kptv(dot)com/story/14968556/ma­n-sues-school-district-over-wi­-fi

another parent suing a Portland, Oregon school district over wireless radiation - david morrison

[ustavobarr25g]

I want this video on my Z310 phone.

[jacmunbong]

yes,i would "really like my child not to be a part of education"if education requires the death of my childs health.

[Drrck11]

I guess all those parents never heard about a secured wifi signal.

[CSTorg]

If Ms Lloyd thinks that to have their children be "part of education" parents have no choice but to subject them to a harmful technology, then something is skewed in Kawartha School District. These parents very much want their children to be part of the school system, with technology that is safe. To wire or not to wire is the question. Wired technology is safer, faster, more secure. It doesn't sacrifice children's health. Stop depending on outdated standards. Do your homework. Wake up.