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The Toronto school trustee who’s been on paid leave for two months following her controversial “dyke” comments told me Wednesday she’s not coming back to work until she finishes doing what she “set out to do.”

Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Trustee Sheila Cary-Meagher — the subject of a recent integrity report for calling yours truly a “dyke” and a “bitch” at an expulsion hearing — said she has finished her human rights and prevention of harassment training provided by the board.

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But the 30-year trustee said she’s was still “consulting” with groups affected by what she said — parents, education workers, constituents, colleagues and members of the LGBTQ community.

When I suggested she and I meet — since I was the one to whom she directed her vitriol — and engage in a restorative justice practice pushed by her own board, she said, “I think that’s interesting.”

Asked whether she’d agree it to it, she told me she’d “like a little time to think about it.