The mother of a Cape Breton teen with cerebral palsy says her son has forgiven a group of students who bullied him last week – telling him to lie in a shallow stream as other students walked over him.
But she said he is still afraid to return to his high school because he doesn’t feel safe.
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In an interview Tuesday, Terri McEachern said her son, 14-year-old Brett Corbett, received an apology over the weekend from two of the students involved.
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School administrators said Tuesday they wanted to assure parents and the community that they would “work with students, staff and parents to address this behaviour.”
The stream, known as Burr-Bank, is near Glace Bay High School where Corbett is a Grade 9 student.
The incident was recorded and ended up posted on Facebook, causing wide-spread concern and condemnation.
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