Legacy Christian Academy teacher charged with assault with a weapon

The database of maltreatment allegations are piling up for Valour Academy, formerly known arsenic Legacy Christian Academy and earlier that, Christian Centre Academy.

The troubled past is leaving radical with decisions to marque heading into the future.

“That’s what got me,” genitor Laurissa Gerritse said. “It angers maine that they changed the sanction again. If you person thing to hide, past wherefore are you hiding?”

Gerritse precocious pulled her 2 children retired of Valour Academy and joined the suit against the school. She said her lad was allegedly assaulted by the school’s gym teacher, Terra McEwan.

The occupation started backmost successful May erstwhile Gerritse picked her lad up from schoolhouse 1 day.

“(My son) said ‘she deed maine with the yellowish baton due to the fact that we were successful gym and learning relay races and I conjecture I didn’t listen.’”

Gerritse said she looked astatine her lad and helium had a “decent-sized goose egg” connected his head.

Her eight-year-old lad was diagnosed with autism astir a twelvemonth agone and said helium gets distracted easily.

Gerritse explained however her lad would allegedly beryllium deed by the teacher with the backmost of her manus erstwhile her lad wasn’t looking oregon listening.

Both of her children attended the schoolhouse since kindergarten. Her 10-year-old girl wanted retired 3 months earlier her lad did, saying she was getting bullied and the schoolhouse allegedly refused to code it.

After the alleged hitting, Gerritse wanted justice.

“I grew up successful Christian Centre Academy, and I was abused passim my schoolhouse years,” the parent explained. “I thought it was antithetic due to the fact that of the sanction change… due to the fact that of the enactment change. I conscionable consciousness like, great, the rhythm continues.”

Gerritse’s person and idiosyncratic already progressive successful the suit helped her record a constabulary study aft uncovering retired from the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation McEwan wasn’t a registered teacher.

Gerritse said she has nary regrets of pulling her kids retired of Valour Academy and said some are thriving successful a caller school.

“Three days into the caller year, they said, ‘Mom we don’t conscionable similar our caller schoolhouse we emotion our caller school,’ and it conscionable made maine truthful happy,” Gerritse said with tears successful her eyes. “I’ve ne'er heard them accidental that astir their aged schoolhouse ever.”

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Earlier this week, Terra McEwan was arrested and charged with battle with a weapon. The accused volition look successful tribunal connected those charges connected Sept. 25.

Global News reached retired to the acquisition ministry asking what circumstances would warrant a shutdown fixed the galore maltreatment allegations.

The ministry responded saying each probationary conditions stay successful place. Anyone progressive successful the suit against the schoolhouse cannot beryllium progressive oregon employed there.

“These persons whitethorn not beryllium connected schoolhouse spot during schoolhouse operating hours, oregon portion schoolhouse events are taking spot including, but not constricted to, extra-curricular, philharmonic oregon seasonal concerts and performances, and immoderate different schoolhouse promoted activities,” the ministry said.

Former principal

Earlier this week, the past main of Legacy Christian Academy was taxable to 3 caller charges.

Seventy-five-year-old Ken Schutz is being charged with intersexual assault, invitation to touching and battle with a weapon.

Schultz is already charged with battle with a limb and intersexual assault. He has pleaded not guilty.

In June, Saskatoon constabulary received caller allegations astir Schultz and connected Sept. 18, helium turned himself in.

He’s expected to look astatine Saskatoon Provincial Court connected Oct. 3 connected the caller charges.

Schutz is 1 of 5 unit members from Valour Academy, formerly known arsenic Legacy Christian Academy, facing transgression charges.