Investigation into reports of a bullying incident on a Flin Flon schoolyard earlier this week has revealed a five-year-old child had not been tied to a goalpost, as was reported on Global News and picked up by The Reminder online.
Flin Flon School Division Superintendent Blaine Veitch told The Reminder Friday morning that the five-year-old student, Seth Robertson, left the École McIsaac School grounds with other children on the day of the reported incident, and was gone for at least an hour.
“The student had left the school grounds and was playing with other children,” said Veitch. “The school tried to contact his parents, but didn’t get a response.”
Veitch said the playground was searched for the missing child throughout the afternoon.
“There were classes and camps outside doing greening and other work,” said Veitch. “He wasn’t on school grounds.”
The superintendent said Seth was back on school grounds by the 2:30 pm recess.
“They did come back and there was an incident between children,” Veitch said. “Students did interfere, but the boy did not appear to be hurt. He came in the school and stayed for the afternoon.”
See Monday's Reminder for more on this story.
