Friday, April 10, 2015

Death Wesley (15): “Deeply saddened, but we have not failed ‘- Yahoo! News

Last October died Wesley (15) in the school of Corbulo College in Voorburg after a stabbing. “Intense sad what happened, but we have not failed as a school,” says school director Kees van der Whip.

Twenty months in prison and youth-TBS. That the Public Prosecutor demands today against the 16-year-old Anthony for the stabbing death of his one year younger schoolmate Wesley. Anthony a half years ago put a knife in the neck of Wesley, is according to the public not because he was badly bullied.

Anthony is “a young man with serious behavioral problems,” concludes the prosecutor. This ensured that he had conflicts with others. “That’s something other than be bullied. ”



” Anthony was not known to us as a boy who was severely bullied “

Recognition
This conclusion fits into the picture that the school has about Anthony says school director Kees van der Whip. “By the media immediately after the event a bullying story thrown in the world. But that have been based on assumptions that are nowhere, “says the school director.

” Anthony is not known to us as a boy who was severely bullied. Anthony is a child with a behavior disorder. We have a school every effort to help him with those problems. “

Huge impact
Yet it was that fateful October wrong in the head of Anthony. Around noon, he sticks a knife in the neck of Wesley. When the bike shed. Students see that Wesley lose large amounts of blood, the school inrent and there is fighting for his life. That battle he does not win. Wesley dies in the school. “The event has had an enormous impact. On all of us, both students and teachers, “says Van der Whip.

There followed days of much sadness, dejection and an emotional farewell where hundreds of students to attend. The first time after the fatal event has the an adapted school curriculum. There is space for students and staff to talk to each other, to mourn. There run special counselors around who are willing to listen to students and teachers.

Gradually, the thread is picked up again. In January leave the last special supervisors of the school. “You have to teach 300 students. In addition, students need structure, “Van der Lash said.” Students who need to talk can always justified. But since the new year you will notice that the atmosphere at school is similar again to the atmosphere for the event. “

Talk to each other
The news about the requirement of the OM has not yet penetrated into the school hallways, says the headmaster. “The staff I have just been informed via internal mail. The students do not know yet. Next week we will have it in the lesson. Oral, something part’re not coming through an email. “

Well informed his parents through an internal mail system on the lawsuit.” In it we have also explained what a sentencing, the juvenile justice works and what means TBS . Parents have so the opportunity to talk with their child about the event. “

No contact
Van der Whip after the event has never spoken with his student Anthony . “I was also advised to make contact.” Even with the family of Anthony, he has no contact. The mother of Anthony has always claimed that the stabbing could have been prevented. According to her, her son bullied for years. She had previously also drawn to the school board at the bell.

“We can take not blame ourselves. We could not prevent this tragedy “

Nothing blame
Van der Whip finds that the school can not be blamed. “We have not failed. Anthony was a child with conduct disorder. There he got help. He had an assistant who helped him with those problems. Nevertheless, you still have lots of questions and that there is life all kinds of emotions. “

About the sentencing, the school director nothing lost.” It’s not up to me to have an opinion about it. I think nothing of it. My job is to run this school, in good times and bad “

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