UPDATE (Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017): Bayle Beck and her family say she's been allowed to return to school.

An earlier version of this story can be read below:

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Bayle Beck hasn’t been in a regular classroom for 14 school days. She and her grandmother say the Grade 7 student at Saskatoon’s St. John School is being sent home by staff, but the school board holds it’s not denying anyone access to education.

Beck has been attending St. John since kindergarten, and her family says she’s had a history of behavioural problems at school. She’s been sent to the library and away from other students to learn on her own since the start of this school year, but last week she was sent home after an incident with a teacher.

“She tried pushing him away,” said Beck’s grandmother, Roxanne Schwark. “I guess they called that hitting and that’s when they told her she wasn’t allowed back in school.”

School staff have been sending Beck homework, and the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools board has offered to send her to other schools with special programs, but the family has refused.

The school board, without referring to the specifics of Beck’s case, issued a statement Tuesday, noting the complexities of meeting the “unique and dynamic needs of each child or youth.”

“We do not deny access to education to anyone,” the statement read. “The division strives to provide a wide array of programs and supports that are available to all of our students. We make every effort to work with families and caregivers to match each student with the right programs and/or supports.”

Beck’s aunt, Michaela Beck, said her niece grew up in a home of violence. Both Bayle’s mother and father are behind bars.

“Every day she’s asking why she can’t go to school, why the teachers are so mean to her, why the teachers hate her, which is something a child shouldn’t be feeling when they go to school,” Michaela said.

Bayle just wants to remain a St. John student.

“It’s my school. I’ve been going here for so long. It doesn’t make sense why I’m not allowed to be here,” she said.

The board and Bayle’s family have met, but the two have yet to find a solution. Bayle will likely remain home from school until the issue is resolved.

--- based on a report by Mark Villani