Father and mother of students who say they had been sexually assaulted by Coquitlam substitute teacher Aleksandr Plehanov are wondering why the university district didn’t step in sooner.
One alleged victim’s father, who can’t be named to safeguard the identity of his daughter, mentioned the RCMP only observed out concerning the allegations when he referred to as them March 10, six month immediately after an additional group of mom and dad claim to have complained for the university district.
“I want the district to arrive clean and let us know what it was that they knew, and when, and alter their policy,” the father told CTV News.
The Coquitlam University Board refused to discuss the matter at last night’s meeting and assured a full room of father and mother and board meeting attendees that complaints are acted upon appropriately when received.
The district sent CTV News a copy of its five-page document outlining procedures for dealing with unacceptable employee behaviours, which at no point mentions contacting the RCMP.
“I think there’s a question here when it comes to human resources, when it comes to in contract. Suspicion of guilt is one particular issue, but some sort of evidence is expected,” B.C.’s director of public college employers Ken Denike stated.
But Minister of Families and Young children Mary Pollack explained teachers and others professionals have a legal obligation to report to police when they’ve concerns of baby abuse.
Father and mother agree.
“The technique failed my toddler and we’re likely to every thing we can to ensure it won’t fail kids the up coming time around,” the alleged victim’s father reported.
Posted on Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Parents wonder why school board didn’t step in
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