The parents of two 15-year-old girls at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon say they went to police and the school multiple times between June and August 2024 with concerns about escalating online threats from the student now accused of setting one of the girls on fire in a school hallway.

“We went through all the resources and asked for help, over and over again,” said one parent in an interview. “Three police reports. I had 17 email exchanges with the principal.”

They say they went to the police and the school because the text messages and online threats from the then-14-year-old classmate were escalating into violent territory. CBC reviewed the dated and time-stamped texts.

“We thought as parents that we did what we were supposed to do, that we did the extent of what we could do,” said one parent.

  • HellsBelleOPEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    The accused was already undergoing treatment over the summer.

    No. “She had been in and out of psychiatric care that summer”. That’s not full-time intensive care that this girl obviously needed.

    Even if she was charged, she’d presumably continue going to the same school until a court date.

    Never presume. It’s highly likely the school would have suspended the student if the cops had charged her with harrassment in the first place.

    • sbvEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      It’s highly likely the school would have suspended the student if the cops had charged her with harrassment in the first place.

      The school shouldn’t have waited.