An Ontario mother is devastated after her 16-year-old son with special needs was found unresponsive and alone at his school two weeks ago, and later pronounced dead.
Surely they should've had some idea of where he was, how long do they typically leave students in the sensory rooms?
It doesn't seem like an imposition to at least know where a kid is and check on him even every 30 minutes. Presumably he was left unattended for a fairly significant amount of time as he was "cold"?
Yeah that’s the thing, if there was an actual protocol that was followed there would still be a kid hugging his mom later today. It’s the lack of a system to prevent this (I am not a Canada expert, maybe an existing one wasn’t followed and needs more scrutiny and oversight) that amazes me. From an outside perspective, if a child in your care is at risk you better front and center that. It’s fucked. I hope prison is on the table at minimum for the adults who had responsibility for this child.
Surely they should've had some idea of where he was, how long do they typically leave students in the sensory rooms? It doesn't seem like an imposition to at least know where a kid is and check on him even every 30 minutes. Presumably he was left unattended for a fairly significant amount of time as he was "cold"?
Yeah that’s the thing, if there was an actual protocol that was followed there would still be a kid hugging his mom later today. It’s the lack of a system to prevent this (I am not a Canada expert, maybe an existing one wasn’t followed and needs more scrutiny and oversight) that amazes me. From an outside perspective, if a child in your care is at risk you better front and center that. It’s fucked. I hope prison is on the table at minimum for the adults who had responsibility for this child.