School division defends delayed response after machete attack
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The Louis Riel School Division’s governing board is dismissing concerns about the timeliness of a community update about a machete attack.
Parents at Nelson McIntyre Collegiate were notified Monday — five days after the incident — that two teenagers were attacked by another teen with a machete outside the building at 188 St. Mary’s Rd.
“The response time was appropriate,” Chris Sigurdson, chairman of the LRSD board of trustees, said Tuesday.
“We try to be as prompt as possible, but we also like to have all the information before we release a statement to parents.”
The Winnipeg Police Service said school staff intervened and stopped the Oct. 16 fight, after the suspect fled the scene.
The victims, a 15-year-old boy and 18-year-0ld man, suffered minor injuries because their clothing and backpacks protected them from strikes, police said. A 17-year-old girl has been charged with possessing a weapon and two counts of assault with a weapon.
The division alerted families about the incident around the same time that WPS issued a release on the subject.
A number of parents questioned why they were not notified sooner in speaking to the Free Press on Monday afternoon.
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