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Continuing ED SD 43, Anmore Elementary, Alderson Elementary, Baker Drive Elementary, Birchland Elementary, Bramblewood Elementary, Cape Horn Elementary, Cedar Drive Elementary, Central Elementary, Ecole Coquitlam River Elementary, Heritage Mountain Elementary, Glen Elementary, Ecole Glenayre Elementary, Eagle Ridge Elementary, Harbour View Elementary, Hazel Trembath Elementary, R. C. MacDonald Elementary, Hillcrest Middle School, Ecole Irvine Elementary, Coast Salish Elementary, James Park Elementary, Inquiry Hub, Ecole Kilmer Elementary, Leigh Elementary, Lord Baden-Powell Elementary, Ecole Mary Hill Elementary, Meadowbrook Elementary, Miller Park Community School, Moody Elementary, Mountain View Elementary, Mountain Meadows Elementary, Mundy Road Elementary, Ecole Nestor Elementary, Ecole Panorama Heights Elementary, Parkland Elementary, Pinetree Way Elementary, Pleasantside Elementary, Ecole Porter Street Elementary, Ranch Park Elementary, Ecole Rochester Elementary, Roy Stibbs Elementary, Riverview Park Elementary, Seaview Community School, Smiling Creek Elementary, Cabe Secondary, Walton Elementary, Ecole Westwood Elementary, Aspenwood Elementary, Castle Park Elementary, Hampton Park Elementary, Blakeburn Elementary, Centennial Secondary, Como Lake Middle School, École Dr. Charles Best Secondary, Ecole Maillard Middle, Ecole Pitt River Middle, Ecole Montgomery Middle, Ecole Moody Middle, Port Moody Secondary, Minnekhada Middle School, Ecole Maple Creek Middle, Ecole Banting Middle, Ecole Citadel Middle, Ecole Kwayhquitlum Middle, Eagle Mountain Middle School, Scott Creek Middle School, Summit Middle School, Gleneagle Secondary, Heritage Woods Secondary, Pinetree Secondary, Ecole Riverside Secondary, Terry Fox Secondary, North Fraser Youth Day Treatment School, Coquitlam Open Learning, Customized Learning Centre (CLC), APEX, Encompass 10-12, Suwa’lkh School
Is collective punishment legal in the district?
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Read more: Is collective punishment legal in BC schools?
Collective punishment is still used in schools across British Columbia, despite growing recognition that it causes harm—especially to disabled children. Collective punishment refers to the practice of penalising a group for the actions of an individual or subset—such as cancelling recess for an entire class because one student was disruptive. Though often framed as a tool […]
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End collective punishment in BC schools
No child should be punished for another’s behaviour. Children know from a very young age that this is wrong.
We call on the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care to end collective punishment in BC Schools.
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