Teacher suspended for not knowing a student was choked out in her classroom
CAMPBELL RIVER — A substitute teacher in Campbell River was suspended for inaction after not knowing a student in her class was choked out and left with a concussion.
Denise Marie Allard was handed a seven-day suspension and removed from the teacher on call list after the Sept. 27, 2017 incident at a Campbell River high school.
Details of the incident and punishment were laid out in a recently released ruling from the Teacher Regulation Branch.
The agreed statement of facts said Allard was teaching a grade 10-12 robotics class when a student was placed in a chokehold, causing him to fall unconscious to the floor.