Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced Friday that the province will be conducting an investigation into a recent incident at a Kitchener Catholic school in which“Under no scenario should police be called to remove a four-year-old student from a school in this province,” Lecce said in a statement.
He says a third party will be called in to conduct a review which will be turned over to both the family of the child and the board within two weeks.A police spokesperson said that officers were called to the school on Nov. 29, 2021, by administrators to deal with “a student in crisis, who was said to be acting violently.”Story continues below advertisement
Police say school officials were having issues tracking down a family member. After they did, officers drove the child home to be with a family member. “This kind of criminalization starts at a startlingly young age by the education system,” said Charline Grant, PoBC chief advocacy officer.