The mental and physical torture inflicted on elementary
school children by some public schools officials, is a fact generally regarded
as the most depraved and degenerate act, which is practice of the government
institutions in this country. Primary school
students certainly not spare to be destroyed by the boards of education,
because parents feel intimidated to face social workers of the Children's Aid
Societies, and the Child Abusers as School Officials. .
http://www.citynews.ca/2016/10/27/school-discipline-controversy-mothers-disturbing-discovery-parent-teacher-night/
School discipline controversy: A mother’s disturbing discovery during parent teacher night
School discipline controversy: A mother’s disturbing discovery during parent teacher night
by Avery Haines
How should a teacher help young
students learn about “personal space”?
Not with masking tape and
segregation, according to an outraged Brampton mother who was shocked by what
she saw when she went to her six-year-old son Anelka’s parent-teacher night
recently at Brisdale Public School in Brampton.
“He sits at a round desk with three
other children. His side of the desk was sectioned off in a pie-shape with
masking tape. The second thing I noticed was tape used to make a box on the
ground, and that was for my son.” said Colene Edwards.
Anelka’s mom says she was told by
the long-term supply teacher that it was to teach her son about personal space.
“She said he was getting into other kids personal space, and he was so
big and tall and his arms are long, that he needed this box on the ground and
the pie shape on his desk. I asked her ‘Where do the other children play?’ She
said, ‘They go around the classroom.’ I said, ‘Can they leave freely?’ She
said, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘Where does my son stay?’ She said, ‘He stays in the
box.’”
Edwards says for weeks she noticed
her son would keep his elbows tucked close to his sides when at home: “I would
play around with him, and say, ‘Let go of your arms,’ and he wouldn’t. I know
why now, he had that pie shape on his desk and he wasn’t supposed to go out
that pie shape.”
Almost from the first day of school
Edwards says she had phone calls from the teacher about how “big and awkward”
her son was.
“He’s taller than most kids his age,
about four-foot-two, and she said to me over and over again how big he was.”
There had been at least one incident
where his arm accidentally hit a child during a play session, but Edwards says:
“He is not a child who beats up on other children. He is not a child that
misbehaves. He is like any six year old boy, he gets excited sometimes.”
Edwards is heartbroken that her son
was singled out like this for some time. “To think that my son has been treated
for weeks like this without me knowing. He never complained because to him it’s
the norm. The box is the norm. She had him convinced this is normal for him to
be in this box.”
Edwards complained to the principal,
who she says was disturbed by what she told him. “The principal had no idea, no
idea that this teacher was doing this.”
Edwards reached out with her story
after a CityNews investigation last week into the Peel Region School Boards
action plan to enrich the education experience of black male
students. “I couldn’t believe the report you did. The students were
older but the one thing they have in common with my son is they are black. We
are not looking for special treatment, we just want to be treated fairly.
Anelka is the only black student in his classroom and he was segregated from
other students”.
The Peel District School Board has
completed an investigation. When asked if race was a factor, they said in a
statement: “It was determined that this was specifically an issue related to
communication with the family and the strategy used. Nothing further was found
in the investigation”
Of the masking tape on the floor and
desk, the board says: “This would not be a strategy the board would recommend.
We want every student to feel safe, welcomed and included.”
The board won’t comment on whether
the teacher has been disciplined, but Anelka has been transferred to another
classroom.
“He’s happy, but at the same time,
he knows it’s because of the “box situation” that he is no longer in her class
and he is trying to adjust. He is in a new class with new children. “
The school says it has since removed
the masking tape on the floor and the desk.
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