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Parents of teen burned at Saskatoon school question how police, school officials handled multiple warnings (www.cbc.ca)
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The parents of two 15-year-old girls at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon say they went to police and the school multiple times between June and August 2024 with concerns about escalating online threats from the student now accused of setting one of the girls on fire in a school hallway.

"We went through all the resources and asked for help, over and over again," said one parent in an interview. "Three police reports. I had 17 email exchanges with the principal."

They say they went to the police and the school because the text messages and online threats from the then-14-year-old classmate were escalating into violent territory. CBC reviewed the dated and time-stamped texts.

"We thought as parents that we did what we were supposed to do, that we did the extent of what we could do," said one parent.

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[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would think that not reporting a student that is threatening another to police is probably a violation of the legal requirement that schools must act in loco parentis since they obviously didn't do anything to protect that student from threats and perpetration of violence.

They should have reasonably known that the other students were a threat due to the numerous complaints. Not involving police at that stage is negligent.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm saying that the school should have removed the bullies from the victims environment regardless of police involvement.

The cops definitely should have been called, but blaming everything on them ignores a clear failure by the school.

[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fair enough, the school didn't do enough. I wonder if the board had a wait-and-see approach in this instance or if they just don't care about threats as a general rule.

Judging from the article and how it details the perpetrator's obvious mental health troubles, either tactic would be a massive failure on the school's part and I hope they're sued, but I'm curious and they're being very tight-lipped for numerous reasons.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

It'd be interesting to know how they come up with their responses to bullying. Is it the kind of thing each province or school board comes up with independently, or is the central guidance?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 1 day ago

God forbid administration has to do a lift a finger for some pedon's kid.