Three staff at a Toronto elementary school are under investigation after a six-year-old Black student was allegedly separated from his peers and locked in a closet-sized room in January.
Faridah is alleging dozens of instances of racist behaviour toward her and her son at the midtown school leading up to the January incident when she says her son was locked in a closet-sized room for 30 minutes. “For me, it felt and looks like, imprisonment, solitary confinement, and it’s cruel and unusual punishment,” she said.While visiting the school, Grant says the school’s principal disputed the child’s version of the events, instead suggesting that he was told to sit at the desk after it had been pulled out of the room, and that he was never locked in.
“I go to the class, [and] I find out my son sits alone in the corner,” she said. “And then I asked the teacher why, [and] they said because he’s very distracting to other kids.”
Always using the race card. Maybe the kid was being a complete little 💩 and needed to be separated from everyone and put in a secure time out to calm down. Maybe start by putting the focus on parenting or lack there of.