Juno News - Boy arrested after stabbing at high school pitched for pregnant teen program

00:00:00.000 The Alberta Parents Union is reigniting warnings that a Calgary Board of Education plan to relocate

00:00:04.720 a program for pregnant teens and young moms is unsafe. Those warnings come after a boy was

00:00:09.960 arrested in relation to a stabbing at the high school pitched for the relocation. Let's dive

00:00:15.200 into the details here. On Tuesday, Calgary police were called to Jack James High School in Forest

00:00:20.240 Lawn in relation to a stabbing. A 13-year-old boy was arrested. That boy did not attend the school

00:00:25.940 but was able to enter the premises nonetheless. The Alberta Parents Union has long been warning

00:00:31.020 that the area is not safe for pregnant teens and young moms and they're even more concerned now.

00:00:35.920 Here's what Executive Director Jeff Park told me earlier this week. The Calgary Board of Education

00:00:40.500 has insisted that the safety of the teen moms entering Jack James High School is their number

00:00:44.800 one priority. But just today, a 13-year-old boy that does not attend Jack James was able to enter

00:00:50.300 and stab another student. We believe these women when they say this location is not safe and call

00:00:55.780 upon the Calgary Board of Education to do the same. The Calgary Board of Education wants to relocate

00:01:00.520 the program because the building it's currently held in, the Kensington Building, is very old and

00:01:04.400 requires quite a bit of money in repair work, whereas it would be less expensive to give a one-time

00:01:09.080 funding investment to Jack James. But let's take a look at some statistics here. According to data

00:01:13.800 enthusiasts, the residential area of Forest Lawn had 2,875 counts of crime from January 2017 to July 2022.

00:01:21.960 That includes 657 counts of non-domestic assault, 208 counts of non-domestic violence, and 118 counts

00:01:30.180 of street crime. In Calgary's all-crime category, Forest Lawn was surpassed only by Beltline and the

00:01:36.140 Downtown Commercial Corps. The Calgary Board of Education will vote on November 29th on whether

00:01:41.220 to proceed with the relocation plans, and I'll be sure to give you an update then.

Juno News - November 22, 2022