8 months pass before Nanaimo mother learns autistic son locked in school storage room
NANAIMO — School District 68 did not tell the mother of a six-year-old boy her son was locked in a storage room at a north-end school, NanaimoNewsNOW has learned.
A substitute teacher was suspended after admitting to the Sept. 16, 2016 incident at Rutherford Elementary involving the boy, who has autism, a published agreement between the Teacher Regulation Branch (TRB) and teacher said.
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools Supt. John Blain said the Ministry of Education was told immediately what happened and the TRB was alerted. However, Blain wouldn’t specify why the mother was not informed.
The mother declined to comment for this story, but confirmed she didn’t find out what happened to her son until it was reported by media in late May, more than eight months after the incident.