Court documents, filed in the Ontario Court of Justice in Kitchener, Ont., detail why a Kitchener teacher taped two students with masking tape in October, 2021. 

The 53-year-old woman had been charged with two counts of assault. Earlier this week those charges were withdrawn and the woman signed a peace bond that bans her from working or volunteering in any Canadian school, or working with children under 12, for the next decade. 

CBC is not identifying the former teacher due to a publication ban on the identity of the two children involved. 

The document, an agreed statement of facts between defence lawyer Vanora Simpson and Crown lawyer Katherine Enns, says the teacher had regular interactions with the children; she taught them while their homeroom teacher was on a daily 30-minute preparation period. 

On Oct. 20, 2021, she asked for, and was provided with, a roll of masking tape as the children's homeroom teacher was preparing to leave. Before she left, "a piece of tape was placed across the top of [Child A]'s thighs and onto his chair," read the court documents. 

The homeroom teacher heard her say: "Boys and girls, it's OK. He can get out, right, [Child A]?," as she went out the door. After she left, tape was also used on a second child — on his chest and arms. 

According to the agreed statement of facts, the teacher was trying to keep the two boys from turning around in their seats. Both children later told police that they removed the masking tape themselves when class concluded but Child A told officers he "felt afraid to return to school."

"[The teacher's] intent was that the tape would serve as a reminder to [Child A] not to get up from his seat and to [Child B] not to twist around in his seat to socialize with [Child A]," read the court documents.

CBC News has spoken to the family of one of the two children involved. They declined an interview.

In addition to the peace bond, the teacher has also resigned her job with the Waterloo Region District School Board. jeewan chanicka [sic], the board's director of education, said he could not comment on the actual court decision but committed to safe schools for all students.

"Our most earnest goal is that every parent can send their child to school knowing that they will be safe, loved, cared for and welcomed," he said in a video statement.

The court documents say the 53-year-old woman had never before faced complaints of professional misconduct, or discipline from the school board or Ontario College of Teachers. She had been a teacher since 2005.

Jackie Sharkey is a producer for CBC News in Kitchener-Waterloo and an occasional guest host. She has been been based in Kitchener, Ont., since the station was created in 2013, after working for CBC in Kelowna, B.C., Quebec City and Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.

With files from CBC's Hala Ghonaim

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