It will be a couple months before a trustee involved in a contentious Italy trip returns to the board table. It will be a couple months before a trustee involved in a contentious Italy trip returns to the board table. Article contentA board meeting agenda posted to Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board’s website on Tuesday morning showed trustees approved a request to extend trustee Rick Petrella’s leave of absence to March 2026, in an in-camera meeting earlier this month. The minutes were no longer posted on Tuesday afternoon, but a spokesperson for the school board confirmed it passed on Jan. 13 and the leave remains unpaid. “I have made a decision to complete the balance of my term and not run in 2026,” Petrella told The Hamilton Spectator in November 2024.