Assault charges withdrawn after teacher accused of taping Kitchener students agrees to peace bond

Criminal charges against a teacher with the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) were withdrawn on Wednesday after the 53-year-old agreed to apeace bond, herlawyer confirmed.

The teacher has officially resigned from the board and thepeace bond will prevent her from working with children for the next decade. CBC News is not naming the teacher due to a publication ban on the identity of the children involved.

The Waterloo, Ont., womanwas charged with two counts of assault in November 2021after an incident involving two students at Alpine Public School in Kitchener, Ont.

On Oct, 22 2021, regional police received a reportfrom Family and Children's Services of the Waterloo Region, leading to an investigation into allegations that a teacher had taped two children with masking tape while in the classroom, police said.

On Wednesday, Vanora Simpson, the teacher's lawyer, confirmed her client had signed a common law peace bond and the criminal charges were withdrawn at the request of the Crown.

Simpson confirmed her client has resigned from her position with the school board.

The peace bond, filed in the Ontario Court of Justice before Justice A.T. McKay, bars the teacher from applying for any paid or unpaid positions, or working or volunteeringat any public, Catholic or private school in Canada for the next decade.

It alsoprohibits the teacher from working with children age 12 or younger and forbids her from possessing any weapons for the next 10 years.