Review of Halifax-area school stabbing set to begin, report expected in fall – Halifax | 24CA News
The Halifax Regional Centre for Education has launched a assessment into the stabbing at Charles P. Allen High School in March.
In a letter to households, Steve Gallagher, HRCE’s regional government director of training, mentioned the assessment will start subsequent week.
“It is important that we examine what happened and use the findings to ensure that all safety processes and protocols are effective for the safety of all students and schools,” Gallagher mentioned.
Police responded to the Bedford-area faculty on March 20, the primary day again after the spring break, following a weapons criticism. Two workers members had been stabbed and the scholar allegedly concerned was additionally injured.
The 15-year-old suspect was discovered match to face to face trial in April and not too long ago pleaded not responsible to quite a few fees which embody tried homicide.
In his letter, Gallagher mentioned the assessment will embody a timeline and overview of the occasion and an examination of provincial, HRCE and school-specific security insurance policies, processes and practices.
It will even define the impacts from the incident on the college neighborhood, in addition to further steps being taken, together with preventative/proactive and reactive/restoration actions.
The assessment shall be carried out by these third-party people:
- Rosalind Penfound, former deputy minister of training and former vice-president of organizational improvement with the Nova Scotia Community College;
- Krista Smith, a lawyer with background in labour and employment regulation, a member of the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission and founding father of Root & Branch Workplace Conflict Resolutions;
- Rick Tully, former HRCE principal, faculty supervisor and protected colleges guide, and training guide with Education and Early Childhood Development.
Gallagher mentioned a report with the findings shall be supplied to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and shared with the college neighborhood following the assessment.
He mentioned the report is predicted within the fall.
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