A gym teacher at a private Christian school in Saskatoon has been charged. Terra MacEwan, 44, is charged with assault with a weapon.
A Saskatoon mother who spoke with CTV News says her autistic son was MacEwan’s victim.
On May 16, the Grade 2 student came home from Legacy Christian Academy complaining about head pain.
When asked what happened, her seven-year-old said he was hit with a relay baton in gym class because he wasn’t listening.
“He just had this look of fear in his eyes. You could tell he was telling the truth. He was genuinely scared,” the mother said.
CTV News is not naming the mother to protect the identity of her child.
She said her son had “a sizeable goose egg on his head.”
“He said, ‘Mommy, I don’t want to go back to that school. And I said, ‘You’re never going to have to step foot …