For the second time in two months, a trustee at the Greater Essex County District School Board has announced their resignation.
Nancy Armstrong, who represents Leamington and Pelee Island, says she, too, will step down, less than a month after Ron Le Clair did.
Her term was supposed to end in November 2026.
She spells out her reasons why in a letter addressed to the board of trustees.
"After months of reflection and a recent review of deeply troubling information from the Kingsville school naming committee meetings, I am withdrawing from the Restorative Justice process and submitting my resignation, effective Friday, November 7, 2025," starts the letter.
"What is most concerning is that trustees who were already aware of this information nevertheless chose to spend board funds, resources meant to support students in the classroom, on a restorative justice process that, now, in my view, would be little more than a performance," the letter continues.
The controversy over the name of the new school in Kingsville began in June 2024, when Trustee Julia Burgess suggested the name Erie Migration Academy for the kindergarten to grade 12 school on Jasperson Drive.
The name elicited 300 complaints, a strongly worded letter from MPP Anthony Leardi, and a protest.
It was later changed to Erie Migration District School.
"My time on this board has been guided by a commitment to integrity, transparency, and the fundamental principle that students must remain at the heart of every decision we make," Armstrong wrote. "These values are not optional. They are the foundation of public trust and ethical governance. When those principles are compromised, continuing to serve becomes inconsistent with conscience and duty. I take this step, not in resignation of those values, but in defence of them."
The board of trustees meets on Tuesday night.
