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A group of older children chased a Christchurch boys’ high school down the road.
Police were informed of an end-of-the-year prank gone wrong, resulting in a Christchurch student being hit by a car.
Christchurch Boys’ High School (CBHS) principal Nic Hill said a group of 13-year-olds chased and threw water balloons and eggs at 11-year-olds just before 1 p.m. Wednesday.
One of the boys was chased down Straven Rd outside the school, where a ute ran over his foot. The other student was “stoned” with eggs.
The school is now cooperating with the police, after a complaint was filed.
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Christchurch Boys’ High School principal Nic Hill said the end-of-school joke gone wrong could have ended with “tragic consequences.” (File photo).
Hill said both students were shocked, but were “lucky” that they only received a few bruises and were not seriously injured.
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“Physically it is [the student hit by the vehicle] ok with some bruising, but obviously freaked out, as were the driver and bystanders.
“We are very lucky. There is a lesson for children that a split second of poor judgment can have bad consequences, and we were very lucky we didn’t. “
Hill said he was “appalled” to learn of the students’ “disrespectful” behavior and sent an email to parents Wednesday and called all students to an assembly Thursday morning.
As for the action, his parents already took a child out of school.
“We haven’t determined anything yet. Although the class is almost over, the children are still enrolled until the end of the NCEA and we are not ruling out any formal sanctions or removal of privileges.
“I spoke to the children about being ashamed and ashamed that they were disappointed … and the reason I spoke with the whole school is so that the whole school gets the message that this stops.”
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Hill says he was “appalled” to learn of the students’ “disrespectful” behavior and sent an email to parents on Wednesday and called all the students to an assembly Thursday morning. (File photo).
He said 30 students showed up at his office after the assembly to apologize for chasing the students and a few others apologized for being bystanders and not intervening to stop him.
One student who was involved had been pulled from the school by his parents, but no one else had been officially disciplined, he said.
“We have not made any final decisions and it will be very process driven.”
In his email to parents, Hill said that despite continuous messages requesting an end to this type of behavior, “a core group of students has blatantly ignored this and let us down.”
“This behavior must stop. It does not reflect the values of the school and this is the message that will be communicated ”.
In July, two CBHS students were removed and temporarily suspended from playing rugby after a fight during a rugby match between rival Christ’s College boys’ school.
Hill said there have been no other cases of physical confrontations between students since the incident.
A CHBS student was charged after raping another student with a toothbrush on a sports trip in 2018, but was discharged without conviction in May of this year.
