Threats Made Toward DCVI

Last week the school became aware that a student had made threats towards DCVI.  The school administration along with the Ontario Provincial Police conducted investigations into these threats.  As a result of those investigations:

i)    idle threats were indeed made towards the school in the presence of other students and an adult
ii)    a meeting occurred between the school administration, the police, the student and a parent
iii)    the student admitted making a grave error in judgement, and was remorseful and apologetic
iv)    on the day in question, the student will be attending at an outside location and will be supervised
v)    on the day in question, there will be a  police presence in the vicinity of the school
vi)    DCVI, like every school in Ontario, practices a Code Red Procedure to protect students when unfortunate circumstances take place.

The school administration took the time to address most students in the school last week about this issue.  During that time we reminded students that making threats, idle or otherwise should never occur and that an investigation into threats will take place even if stated as a joke.  This situation came to our attention because some people who overheard the student’s statements rightfully did not treat those comments as a joke. 

This situation has been addressed by the school, by the police and by the parents of the student.  The school has taken many calls from parents during the past week about this matter.  The school administration feels it is completely safe to send your son/daughter to DCVI on Wednesday, November 21, 2007.   Please feel free to contact the school with any concerns and ask for school administration.

Kevin Mills
Principal