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A local teacher has been suspended two weeks for a homophobic prank on a student.
In September 2013, Daniel Ogloff, a teacher at Aldergrove Community Secondary School, placed the tape on the back of a Grade 11 male student without his knowledge, reads a discipline decision from the British Columbia Commissioner for Teacher Regulation.
Students who witnessed the incident laughed and took photos, and Ogloff allowed the student to leave class with the tape on his back.
The school district suspended him for 10 weeks without pay in November 2013 and required a teacher mentorship program and additional courses upon his return.
The commissioner issued a citation against Ogloff earlier this year and the two-week suspension, which ends Oct. 5.
The decision also takes into account a previous incident involving Ogloff, who spoke inappropriately and disrespectfully to a Grade 12 student in December 2012, according to the commissioner documents.
“You are never here and you don’t do anything in class,” was his response to a student who asked why she had received a failing grade. The comments were made in a loud voice audible to other students after he had let them know what the student in question was asking about.
Agencies/Canadajournal
