Dad and mom at a GTA highschool lately found that an alleged student-organized ‘combat membership’ was set to happen at a tunnel close to faculty grounds.
In line with The York Area District Faculty Board (YRDSP) directors at Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary Faculty, situated in Aurora, notified the York Regional police after they grew to become conscious of the alleged boxing membership when a gaggle of involved dad and mom started to share info on social media.
Within the Fb publish, one person stated {that a} combat was scheduled to happen on Could 8 throughout lunch hour at a tunnel situated close to to the highschool, whereas one other added that the situation of tunnel is perhaps one that’s beneath an previous golf course as soon as referred to as Golf Hyperlinks.
One guardian famous {that a} comparable incident occurred at Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary Faculty a number of years in the past when her baby was a scholar there. In line with the publish, college students allegedly donned boxing gloves and helmets and accidents have been stated to happen.
In an e-mail to yorkregion.com,YRDSB Spokesperson, Licinio Miguelo, acknowledged that college directors have been notified in regards to the posts and promptly acted to tell dad and mom and college students that such an occasion was deemed unacceptable.
“Directors on the faculty have been made conscious of the Fb posts and have despatched communications dwelling, made an announcement within the faculty and proceed to have conversations with college students reminding them to be protected outdoors of educational hours,” Miguelo acknowledged. ‘The varsity has additionally been in contact with York Regional Police to make them conscious of this info.”
This isn’t the primary time information of a attainable violent subculture at an area faculty has made headlines. Again in 2018, a girl stated that her 14-year-old son was subjected to a “swarming and assault” by a gaggle of scholars from Humberside Collegiate Institute whereas he was strolling again to Annette Avenue Public Faculty.
Two 17-year-olds have been arrested and charged with assault.
In a Fb publish, the boys’ mom stated she later discovered that the assault on her son was not an remoted incident. “I’ve since come to know that (he) unknowingly grew to become the sufferer of a ‘Battle Membership’ subculture at Humberside Collegiate,” she wrote.