The headmistress of the high school in Orleans, where a recent blitz to impose a dress code provoked student protests, left her job at the end of this month.
The Conseil des écoles catholiques du Center-Est (CECCE) announced the departure of Marie-Claude Veyo on Thursday in a letter addressed to parents.
The announcement on board comes two weeks after hundreds of students demonstrated across the street from the École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges.
The students condemned the implementation of the code by the staff as “humiliating”. The day before the protest, mostly girls were taken out of class to see if their clothes complied with the rules.
School staff called police to control the protest, ensuring students remained on the sidewalk and kept slow.
The letter to the parents does not mention any connection between the recent dispute and the departure of the principal.
Students protest in front of the École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges on May 13 after a blitz of dress code. (Francis Ferland / CBC)
Veilleux will be replaced by Sebastian Faran, deputy director of the École secondaire catholique Garneau, on May 30, but she will not leave the school board.
She is being transferred to a position in the CECCE training support services, the letter said.
Pharand has worked with the French Catholic Council since 2004.
“This is a return home for this professional who has worked at the Béatrice-Desloges school for more than 15 years as an art teacher,” the letter said in French.
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