Student tossed

out of school
after verbally
abusing aide

A SKEENA Junior Sec-
ondary student who verbal-
ly abused a teacher’s aide
using racist remarks and
then threatened her has
been indefinitely suspen-
ded, says the sghool’s
principal.

Reb Greenwood said the
Oct. 7 incident involved a
15-year-old native male
student and an aide, Ange-
la Young, who is black,

The boy made racist
comments toward Young,
who was trying to help him

with his schoolwork,
Greenwood said.
He said the incident

began when the boy slap-
ped Young’s hand in at-
tempt at a popular-style
handshake.

“This is one where
pegple slap hands in
gretting,” Greenwood said.

When Young tried to
Shake the boy’s hand wilh
a handshake, the student
again slapped her hand
with the street-style slap,
and followed-up with racist
comments and threats,

“Very direct racist com-
menls were made,” Green-

wood said. “His demea-
nour was totally inap-
propriate.”

The incident ended

when the classroom tea-
cher removed the boy from
class and took him to the
principal, where he was
told his behaviour was un-
acceptable,

Greenwood said this was
the first incident of its
kind involving a student

and teacher in seven years. --

“It's not a school issue,”
he said. “It’s an individual+’
student issve.”

But that doesn’t mean
racism doesn’t exist al-

Z fe : Ra tee
Rob Greenwood

Skeena, explained Green-
wood in adding it also ex-
ists elsewhere.

“This is a kid that, in
my opinion, doesn't know
whal he’s saying,” said
Greenwood.

The student will receive
counselling and will be
placed in another school.

School district acting
superintendent Sharon
Beedle said racism is ad-
dressed as part of the dis-
trict’s curriculum,

She said every school
has the responsibility to
make sure its building is
safe for students and staff.
The district, Beedle
added, provides schools
with the framework to
meet al] disciplinary ac-
tions.

She feels the incident at
Skeena has been blown
out of proportion.

The racist comments

‘from the boy were part of

an overall incident that
weren't racially based, she
said,

“There may have been
[racist] words spoken, but
it wasn’t a racist attack,”
Beedle said.

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