An 11-year-old boy was left without his winter clothes and homework after his locker was bolted shut at his Saint John school. His mother is outraged and demanding answers from the school administration.
A Saint John mother is angry with her son's school for bolting his locker shut, with his winter clothes and homework inside. The 11-year-old went home without a coat or boots, in freezing drizzle.Molly Burgess is angry her son's Saint John school bolted shut his locker last week with his winter clothes and homework inside. (Mia Urquhart/CBC)Molly Burgess knew something had happened to her 11-year-old son as soon as she saw him. He had just arrived home from school and was visibly upset.
His face was red and he burst into tears. She took him into her arms and realized he was very cold and wet. Mark had left school last Tuesday wearing only a T-shirt and his indoor shoes. His jacket, hat, winter boots and backpack were all left in his locker at Barnhill Memorial School, a middle school on Saint John's west side. According to Environment Canada records, Saint John was experiencing freezing drizzle at the time, with a wind chill of –5. Mark, a Grade 6 student at Barnhill, told her that his locker had been bolted shut with everything inside. He thought he was in trouble and was too afraid to ask anyone at school before he went outside to wait for his bus, she said.Molly Burgess’s 11-year-old son left Barnhill Memorial School without his winter clothes and his homework after his locker was bolted shut, and she wants that practice to stop. She said she called the school immediately and the principal, Jill Ferguson, called her back the next day. But Burgess wasn't content with what she was told. She said Ferguson reminded her that parents had previously been warned in a newsletter that students were supposed to keep their lockers locked. Burgess said Ferguson promised to 'do better' and said school officials weren't supposed to bolt the lockers of Grade 6 students. CBC News asked Ferguson and the Anglophone South School District for interviews but neither responde
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