Alberta teen’s fatality inquiry to find solutions to protect children at risk: judge
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The inquiry has been adjourned until April 19.
An Alberta education official told a fatality inquiry Wednesday that different rules were in place in 2013 that allowed a malnourished 15-year-old Calgary boy who died of sepsis and untreated diabetes from being seen by school staff.
Alexandru Radita weighed only 37 pounds when he was brought to hospital in May 2013.
His parents, Emil and Rodica Radita, who were found guilty in 2017 of first-degree murder, refused to accept the boy had diabetes when he was initially diagnosed in B.C. with the disease in 2000.
He was hospitalized twice due to malnutrition and taken into foster care before later being returned to his parents, who moved to Calgary in 2008.
Alexandru had been registered in a distance learning program at The School of Hope online school for Grade 5 in 2009, but didn’t submit any work during the school year. His registration was withdrawn at the end of the academic year and he wasn’t registered again.
Christine Bouchard, the field services manager for Alberta Education, explained to the inquiry the various types of online courses available for students learning at home. She said today a student would be engaged online with a teacher every day.
Provincial court Judge Sharon Van de Veen asked Bouchard if the boy’s education at The School of Hope was supervised in 2009.
“So hence the expectation, in terms of them laying eyes on him, was what?” asked Van de Veen.
No statement of defence has been filed and none of the allegations have been tested in court.
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