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.
Schools are not responsible for criminal behaviour, at which point the police are involved. It’s that simple.
Your shift of blame on which institution should have been responsible is exactly the kind of waffling that led to the girl being hurt.
There are undoubtedly other kids getting bullied that need intervention from the school. Ignoring the school’s failure here just enables that shit.
The cops fucked up too, there’s no question of that. But the school failed its responsibilities too.