A school district in Metro Vancouver is investigating a complaint that a high school teacher showed students a graphic and disturbing true crime documentary on an infamous Canadian killer.
The Surrey school district confirmed it recieved an anonmyous letter from a parent alleging their child came home from Elgin Park Secondary "crying and upset to the point of being hysterical and vomiting" on the last school day before Christmas break.
The written complaint sent to the Surrey Schools Supt. Dr. Jordan Tinney, and obtained by CTV News, reads in part: “No doubt many adults would be disgusted and horrified if they witnessed something so awful and so violent. But for children, the damage is incalculable.” When CTV News asked which class and grade would have watched the film, Matthews said that out of respect for the complainant’s wish their child not be identified, they would not disclose that information due to the small class size.The complainant says their child was not just physically ill after seeing the film, but "traumatized in the classroom…Those acts cannot be unseen or unknown.”
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