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A Surrey private school teacher has been reprimanded by B.C.’s commissioner for teacher regulation for responding to two students “in a physically inappropriate manner.”

The reprimand is the result of an investigation into the actions of Kim Blackaby, a middle school teacher at Pacific Academy, following an April 2019 incident in her grade 7 classroom.

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According to commissioner Howard Kushner, after a student mocked Blackaby by putting a piece of trash in the recycling bin and giggling, Blackaby grabbed the student by the shoulders and shouted, “you’d better watch your mouth.”

Another student who witnessed this began showing classmates what Blackaby had done while “exaggerating the degree of force,” per the report. The teacher grabbed this student’s arm and pulled them into the classroom, then made both students stay in at lunch to cool down.

On Apr. 24, 2019, Blackaby was suspended without pay for two days, and in early May, Pacific Academy referred the matter to the commissioner.

Blackaby has formally acknowledged that the incident constitutes professional misconduct.

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