A 15-year-old Olds High School student is facing charges of sexual assault, forcible confinement and assault in connection to an alleged incident involving a 14-year-old student at the school.Police said the alleged incident happened at the school in what is known as a “breakout” room on March 25.The school's principal, Tom Christensen, reported the incident to police on March 28.The male suspect, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is not in custody, police said.Kurt Sacher, superintendent of schools for Chinook's Edge School Division, said the suspect and the female victim were “acquainted” and the alleged incident took place roughly one hour after the end of the school day on March 25.He added Christensen reported the alleged incident to police as soon as he was made aware of the situation and superintendent staff at the school division were informed at about the same time.Sacher said he did not know who reported the alleged incident to Christensen.The breakout room at the school is a conference room adjacent to a student gathering area, he said.While Sacher said disciplinary matters involving students are “confidential,” he told the Olds Albertan “the student will not be in school in the near future as this matter is looked into carefully.”The school and the school division are giving their “full cooperation” to the RCMP as they investigate the matter, he said, and the school division's senior staff were planning to meet on April 7 to discuss the incident.“We do want to be abundantly clear that the safety of our students is our highest priority in Chinook's Edge,” Sacher said. “The school administration certainly conducted a thorough review of safety protocols with staff.”Police were not able to provide information on when the suspect would appear in [email protected]
