School Board Makes Public Its Reasons for Expelling Josh Alexander Over Voicing Gender Views 

Published on June 11, 2024

The Ontario school board that expelled teen Josh Alexander for expressing his views on gender issues has released the documents for the decision at the bidding of a provincial court. Mr. Alexander was suspended from St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Renfrew, Ont., in November of 2022 after the Grade 11 student expressed his gender beliefs in class and organized a student walkout to protest biological boys being permitted in girls’ bathrooms. His suspension was later changed to an “exclusion” from school, meaning he was no longer permitted on the premises. That exclusion was extended last September for the 2023-24 school year, which would have been his senior year....