Teacher suspended after calling student ‘wannabe gangster,’ being dishonest

A School District #43 teacher has been reprimanded following a series of unprofessional and sometimes insulting interactions with students.

In the fall of 2022, teacher Kylejeet Singh Grewal sent an email to a parent referring to their child, identified as Student A, as a “wannabe gangster,” according to a recently published consent resolution agreement from the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation.

Grewal wrote that he couldn’t help Student A except to: “recommend a board-certified psychiatrist for evaluation.”

He didn’t voice his concerns to school administrators before sending the email, according to the agreement. In January 2023, Grewal sent an email to school administrators speculating that the student and their parent were involved in a gang.

He advised a different student not to date Student A, who he described as someone who wasn’t a good kid, wouldn’t treat them well, and had sold drugs.

Following a confrontation with two Grade 11 students who subsequently refused to go with Grewal to the office, the teacher asked the students: “Are you too much of a pussy to go to the office?”

The event triggered an investigation.

Grewal failed to maintain confidentiality during the investigation period, later telling one of the students he had no problem giving them a zero on an assignment, and asking: “Are you going to report me again?”

Grewal later asked a resource teacher to work with the student, as Grewal said the teen made a false complaint against him and was: “just toxic to me.”

Grewal was “repeatedly not forthcoming or honest” during the investigation about his conduct, the report stated.

He was suspended for seven days without pay in May 2023.

The consent resolution agreement ordered Grewal to serve an additional one-day suspension and complete a course called: “Creating a Positive Learning Environment.”