page_title: Parkland Secondary School
section_title: Controversies
hierarchical_section_title: Parkland Secondary School / Controversies
caption_attribution_description: English: The door in Fall 2018
context_page_description: Parkland Secondary School is a public secondary school in North Saanich, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is operated by School District 63 Saanich. It is one of three secondary schools in the school district and is located at the northern end of the Saanich Peninsula. The school serves the municipalities of North Saanich and Sidney as well as the nearby Pauquachin, Tsawout and Tseycum First Nations communities. International students from around the world comprise a significant percentage of the student enrollment. In 2018, Parkland Secondary introduced the International Baccalaureate program, making it the only school on Vancouver Island to offer such a program. Parkland Secondary is fed primarily from North Saanich Middle School.
context_section_description: In Spring 2018, a staff member criticized a door-sized poster created by a student on the physics room door. It featured SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket that launched earlier that year. The controversy sparked when the staff member said the image was "phallic", "too masculine" and intimidating. This prompted a ridiculous debate on whether the poster should be removed or not. In the end, all staff members had to attend a class on how to accept art and free expression.
caption: The physics door in Fall 2018
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