Ontario teacher given six-month suspension for making racist comments to student

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A six-month suspension handed to a high school teacher who told a student he didn’t want any Afghans in his class was disappointing, a Muslim organization says.

“The reality is that Mr. Bonello’s remarks devastated the student,” Farooq said. “The fact that a teacher can racially abuse a student, and only face a slap on the wrist, is an insult to the notion of safe and inclusive classrooms.”Discipline records show the incident occurred at a school in the Peel District School Board just west of Toronto four years ago where Bonello was a construction technology teacher.

The disciplinary hearing, in November, was also told that 12 of 23 workplace inspections between 2011 and 2015 at the school turned up health and safety hazards in Bonello’s woodworking classroom. Those hazards included electrical dangers, obstructed exits, unsafe storage of items, and safety guards removed from machinery. Bonello appeared resistant to making needed changes.

Similar problems involving Bonello had occurred before. In 2008, he was given a disciplinary letter for leaving students unsupervised and failing to address various safety issues and formally cautioned in 2011. A year later, the board suspended him for five days without pay for various issues, including “inappropriate language” toward students and removing equipment safety guards.

If they are not sexually assaulting them they are treating them like shit.

Why are unions protecting horrible teachers? How does that help students?

They probably did it 'for the kids' I'm sure.

Just a slap on the wrist. Only reason this teacher is being punished is because they got caught. They'll brush it under the rug tomorrow.

How is one not fired for that? People are fired from their jobs for racist remarks made outside of work. Let an adult in authority saying that to a child. If another student said that would that student be expelled?

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