North Vancouver school administrators have sent out an email to parents of high school students to clarify that their scheduling decisions do not endorse the use of marijuana.
Students at five of North Vancouver’s eight secondary schools are scheduled to have a day off from classes on April 20 while their teachers have a professional development day. April 20 is also known as “4/20,” a day where marijuana use and culture is celebrated.
In an email sent to parents at the five schools on Tuesday, district principal Brad Baker called the scheduling a “coincidence.”
“This coincidence was not intended to promote student attendance at these events,” he writes. “The North Vancouver School District does not condone or support the use of cannabis.”
But with the day coming up, Baker encouraged parents to have conversations “at home regarding the use of cannabis and other substances” and included a series of links to informative websites “that can be used to begin the conversation about cannabis and other substances.”
Sooke school district also has a professional development day on April 20, while Victoria school district has a curriculum implementation day (non-instructional day) on that date.
— With a file from the Times Colonist
