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Annette King says she hasn't seen "any reports coming out of any investigations yet," but that it was "validating" for some of the youth who have approached her office to hear about the interim findings of a review ordered by the education department.
Yukon Association of Education Professionals’ president says the use of holds at Jack Hulland Elementary School is a symptom of larger, systemic issues, including chronic understaffing and inadequate oversight from the education department
Staff at Jack Hulland Elementary School in Whitehorse, Yukon routinely put students in holds, where staff restrain students with their own bodies, and put students in seclusion prior to 2020 for not following directions, including one case where a child was put in a hold for not pulling their sweater hood down.
Yukon’s child and youth advocate says children and their families aren't receiving adequate support while the RCMP and Family and Children's Services investigate allegations of the use of isolation spaces and holds to restrain students at Jack Hulland Elementary School.
Police as well as Yukon's family and children's services branch have launched investigations into "the use of holds to restrain students and the use of isolation spaces" at Jack Hulland Elementary School in Whitehorse.