SD 59 teacher Richard Payne had been suspended for losing carving knives and allowing students to have two hours of access to them.

It has been revealed Payne was admonished in May of last year by the provincial Teacher Regulation branch for a lost box of 20 knives in his classroom. Documents reveal once Payne had lost the knives, he did not report it to superiors, and other staff members came upon the knives two hours later.

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Has hit students, also grabbed Grade 8 female student’s face and …blew on it

The CBC reports Payne has a previous record of hitting two previous students, including breaking a meter stick over one student’s back in the fall of 2011, and hitting a student on the arm in March of the same year. In early 2014 he was suspended for grabbing a female grade 8 student's face and blowing on it.

Years of unsupervised students

Earlier last year he was also suspended for two days after instructing students to go on an unsupervised, hour-long run in the public. The CBC reports Payne told district investigators that he has not supervised joined students on runs “for years”.

HuffPo coverage

The Huffington Post notes in 2012 Payne was issued a letter of discipline for “inappropriate teacher-student interactions,” including hugging a student and “poking” students in their sides.

This is a developing story, and will be updated.