Parents of students at Meath Park School claim that several serious incidents, including alleged sexual and violent assaults, have not been taken seriously by the school administration.. Meath Park School Sign .According to parent Steve Brown, his daughter saw a Grade 7 boy attacked by another boy when a teacher briefly left a classroom..Brown said his daughter told him some students “were screaming and crying hysterically” and “blood was visible.”.“Two other boys, from what I understand, had to pull the attacker off the boy to restrain them,” Brown told CTV News..According to Brown, the Saskatchewan RCMP was not aware of the assault until the father of the injured boy reported the incident..Brown stated that he is among over twenty-five parents advocating for changes at the Kindergarten to Grade 12 school. This group of parents came together in response to the alleged assaults in March..“We’re looking to get together with the school division to have a chat about some safety and performance issues at our school,” said Brown..After the school and board declined to meet, Brown created an online petition requesting a meeting. As of Friday afternoon, the petition had received 574 signatures..“It’s kind of sad in some respects, we’re going to that point of getting a petition started, just to get a meeting to discuss the safety of our kids,” said Brown..It was only when the Western Standard and Sask United Party leader Nadine Wilson MLA (Saskatchewan Rivers) put pressure on the school and board this week that the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division reversed its decision and will hold an open public meeting on May 30.. Nadine Wilson Sask United Feb 28 2023 .Wilson said “I have been following the situation at Meath Park School very closely. There is no excuse for this type of violence in our schools.”.“The lack of transparency and accountability in the matter is unacceptable. The situation has gotten out of control and I will personally be getting involved to represent the concerned parents and affected students,” said Wilson..“I will be attending the local school meeting being held on May 30 on these incidents. As a follow-up, I will be holding a roundtable on Education and School Safety with these parents to take action on their behalf.”.The Sask RCMP confirmed they have “received and responded” to two violent assaults in March and a report of an “indecent act/exposure” on April 1..“All incidents involved youth and no charges were laid as the three different subjects of complaints were all youth under the ages of 12,” said the Sask RCMP..In Canada, youth under 12 cannot face criminal charges according to the law..A mother decided to remove her 11-year-old son from school after he was allegedly sexually assaulted by another 11-year-old student. .The incident took place in March when another boy confronted her son in a school washroom. .The mother described the accused child as a “bully” and mentioned that this child had targeted her son throughout his time at the school..The Western Standard did learn that the alleged bully has a parent who works for the school..“I was hopeful this year because he and the bully were starting to get along,” said the mother..While in class, the mother said her son requested to use the washroom and the other boy decided to follow her son to the washroom..In the washroom, the mother alleges that the other boy pulled down his pants and tried to remove her son’s pants..“My son was able to get away before he was able to do anything more than rub himself up against my son,” she said..The mother said her son reported the incident to his teacher, who sent him to the school office. .However, when he arrived at the office, he was informed that no one could speak to him because of a staff meeting. Her son left the school and returned home to tell his mother about what had happened..“I’m just so proud that he came and told us, and he was brave enough to do that after the kid had threatened him not to tell anybody,” said the mother..The mother phoned the school and reported the incident to the Sask RCMP..“I didn’t feel that my son would be safe in the classroom with the child who attacked him,” she said..“They suggested that I move my son to a different classroom away from his friends.”.Currently, the mother has chosen to homeschool her son and arranged for him to receive counselling..“He understands that it isn’t something that he needs to be embarrassed about. This is something that happened to him, but it doesn’t define him,” she said..The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division Board (SRPSD) responded to the Western Standard with a statement saying they were “committed to providing safe learning environments” and “cannot comment on specific interventions for individuals in our schools.”. Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division Board Letter
