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Despite their comprehensive nature, our code of journalistic principles and conducts don't cov- er all matters affecting our news- gathering and publishing efforts. A committee of local journal- ists also offers support to each of our newsrooms. The committee include reporters and photogra- phers - our boots on the front lines - managing editors and editors in chief. In addition to maintaining a regular meeting schedule, they connect on an as-needed basis, namely when newsrooms are faced with more complex, ethicalfaced with more complex, ethicalf dilemmas. The ethics committee, of which I am a member, is often asked to adjudicate requests to re- move content from our websites or archives. Except for in rare and often le- gal circumstances, we don't "un- publish" material from our sites. And we do so for good reason: it is part of the historical record of the community. Removing the con- tent would be akin to erasing his- tory. Technology has made it easier for the media to archive its pub-for the media to archive its pub-f lished work. Access to these works is, for the most part, readily available at the click of a button. available at the click of a button. a Removing content from arti- cles or unpublishing stories al- together may very well be made simpler in the digital space, but doing so would have serious im- plications, effectively under- mining our credibility and in- tegrity. It's important to note that news stories were pursued for public consumption and written in the public interest. We are not in the business of rewriting history, nor do we make news disappear. We have a responsibility to ourWe have a responsibility to ourW readers and the communities we serve. We take this responsibility very seriously - as all trusted news organizations should. Catherine O'Hara is the Re- gional Managing Editor of Met- roland's Halton, Hamilton and Niagara divisions. We welcome your questions and value your comments. Email our trust committee at trust@met- roland.com. TO UNPUBLISH OR NOT TO UNPUBLISH? OPINION REMOVING CONTENT IS AKIN TO ERASING HISTORY, WRITES O'HARA CATHERINE O'HARA Column The Halton District School Board has released its proposed school year calendar for 2019/ 2020. The first day of school will be Tuesday, Sept. 3 and the last day of instruction will be June 25 and June 26 for secondary and elemen-June 26 for secondary and elemen-J tary students, respectively. School breaks and holidays are Thanksgiving Day Oct. 14; winter break Dec. 23 to Jan. 3; Family Day Feb. 17; March break March 16 toFeb. 17; March break March 16 toF 20; Good Friday April 10; Easter Monday April 13 and Victoria Day, May 18. Professional Activity days are as follows: Sept. 16, Oct. 11, Nov. 22, Jan. 31, Feb. 14 and April 27 for both elementary and secondary students. Secondary students also have a PA day June 26 and elemen- tary students June 5. The Ministry of Education di- rects that the school year must in- clude a minimum of 194 school days; of these, school boards must designate three days as PA days and school boards may also desig- nate up to an additional four PA days for a total of seven PA days. Secondary exam days will be Jan. 23 to 29 and June 18 to 24. One of the three ministry-man- dated PA days will be used at both the secondary and elementary lev- el for Fundamentals of Mathemat- ics. Two days will be used for com- pletion of report cards, one day for parent/teacher interviews and one day for board initiatives at the elementary level. Four days at the secondaryFour days at the secondaryF school level are used for board and ministry initiatives which can in- clude school improvement plans and assessment and evaluation. Education workers will have at least one day with role specific training and health and safety ini- tiatives. All HDSB PA days match those of the Halton Catholic District School Board as do exam days. The school year calendar is up for approval at the next regularfor approval at the next regularf meeting of the board April 3. HALTON BOARD'S PROPOSED SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR FOR 2019/2020 COUNCIL