The board of trustees for the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board has laid down another sanction against Trustee Rachel Prinzen.
At Monday’s meeting, trustees went in camera to discuss two human resource items and considered an allegation of a breach of the HPEDSB Code of Conduct.
The complaint was submitted to an integrity commissioner and his/her findings were submitted to the HPEDSB Board of Trustees.
On Monday, the trustee members found Rachel Prinzen breached Section 5 of the code, for failing to keep confidential information.
Board Chair Kari Kramp.
Audio Player“The HPEDSB trustees have found that Trustee Rachel Prinzen has breached the Members Code of Conduct, as outlined in the board motion, Section 5 – Respect for Confidentiality.”
The findings of the integrity commissioner’s report have not been released and we do not know the findings of that report.
Chair Kramp announced the sanctions for Prinzen, as voted on by the board.
Audio Player“That Trustee Prinzen be barred from attending all or part of a meeting of the board or a committee thereof, and from sitting on the board’s committees for a period of 90 days, commencing August 25, 2025.”
In a recorded vote, all trustees voted in favour of the barring, with the exception of Trustee Ernie Parsons. Trustee Prinzen was not eligible to vote.
Prinzen has 14 days to appeal the decision, by making written submissions to the board.
This is the second time the board has voted for sanctions against the North Prince Edward County Trustee.
That appeal suspension failed and earlier this year, a divisional court granted a temporary staydivisional court granted a temporary stay for the trustee to rejoin the board. No update on that court case has been released.
The stay order for Prinzen to rejoin the board serves as a pause of the sanctions, not a reversal/approval of them. A judicial review will decide that.
We contacted Trustee Prinzen for comment. She provided the following statement. “Our board policy does not permit me to speak to the media.”
Prinzen plans to appeal the sanctions announced Monday.
