“We are altering the identify to maneuver in a distinct route because of the detrimental experiences about Prince Andrew,” faculty principal Craig Campbell advised CNN in an e mail. “We hope to construct our identification as a constructive, supportive faculty group with a reputation to match.”
Local residents could have an opportunity to submit identify strategies to a six-person renaming committee that features college students, workers and group members. The high three names will then be really useful to the Halifax Regional Centre for Education, which could have last approval.
The faculty’s choice follows a ruling from a New York choose earlier this month {that a} civil lawsuit in opposition to Prince Andrew might transfer ahead. The 61-year-old royal is being sued by Virginia Giuffre, who alleges she was trafficked by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and compelled to carry out intercourse acts with the prince on the age of 17. Prince Andrew has vigorously denied these claims.
The allegations in opposition to the prince have tarnished his public standing and prompted different members of the royal household to distance themselves from the Duke of York.
Most not too long ago, Prince Andrew was stripped of his honorary army titles and charities. A royal supply confirmed to CNN’s Max Foster Prince Andrew may even not use the type “His Royal Highness” in any official capability.
The Canadian faculty joins a prolonged checklist of establishments which have determined to take away ties to controversial namesakes lately.
Across the United States, faculty boards and districts have opted to seek out new names for colleges named after Confederate leaders or different public figures — comparable to actor Bill Cosby, who noticed his identify faraway from buildings, workshops and a professorship as a felony trial in opposition to him unfolded.