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A Delta music teacher has been suspended for three days for, among other things, telling a Grade 9 student to “go kill yourself, it won’t matter anyway” after the child fell over a musical instrument.

According to a consent resolution agreement issued by the B.C. commissioner for teacher regulation, teacher Boris Pekarsky will be suspended on June 25, 26 and 27 and admits to a string of wrongdoing.

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The case dates to Nov. 28, 2016, when Pekarsky was teaching band class at an independent school in Delta. That school was Southpointe Academy in Tsawwassen, where Pekarsky was band director.

The ruling stated Pekarsky yelled at a student for being “not on task.” That student moved to sit down and in the process tripped over a percussion instrument, causing a loud noise. Pekarsky then told that student, and another, to leave the class.

According to the ruling, as the pair were leaving, the teacher told the first student words to the effect of “go kill yourself, it won’t matter anyway.”