Edgar Chatoyan, the director of Arpi Trpanchyan secondary school in Orgov village of Ashtarak, gave details of the incident of giving drugs to a 12-year-old student through sweets on May 29, NEWS.am reports.
“On May 29, an excursion took place, 21 students accompanied by 7 teachers went to the nursery of the APT charity company in the village of Karin. The excursion was legal, on my order, permission was given, it went normally. At approximately 17:15, the children returned from the excursion. The child went home accompanied by his parents. Students of the 5th-8th grade took part in the excursion.
At 21:50, the parent called the principal and said that the child was not feeling well, and the next day, I think, he was taken to the hospital. As of yesterday, the child is at home, his condition is good. At the moment, the most important thing is the child’s health. Thank God, at the moment the child’s condition is assessed as good. I hope that the case will be revealed very quickly,” he said.
Referring to the giving of drugs to the child, the school director said that they do not have any information about it. “The case is being investigated by law enforcement agencies. There has never been such a story in our settlement before. Even the school did not fall into any unpleasant history.
When I learned that there is such a situation, I invited all the teachers to understand and discuss. Since the company is charitable, all the children were treated with sweets. Lavash, cheese, cucumbers were served. If there was, it could not affect only one child. I will refrain from asserting any hypothesis. But I can say that all the children were under supervision.
To the question, maybe other people approached the children during the excursion, the director responded. “During that excursion, the company accepts the students of one school, sends them on their way, and accepts the children of the other school, that is, contact with other children is excluded.
He took the transport, which belonged to the charity fund, and brought it back after the excursion. Three of the 7 teachers, who are from other villages, got off the bus on the way, near their village, but the other teachers were with the children.
It would be disobedience not to stand by the parent’s side. We are all in contact with parents, we are also in personal contact. It is a very good family, working, suffering. The father works, the mother is a housewife, the children are normal children. That child has a brother, he studies in the same school, he was transferred to the 4th grade, there is also a small child at home.”
Edgar Chatoyan answered the question: do the child’s relatives blame the school? “There were some conversations, but a person can say one thing in an emotional state, and something completely different when he has sobered up a bit. And in order not to harm the child, we did not enter into unnecessary discussions. It would be wrong for us to react to emotional words. At this moment, that family needs support, not conversation. It will not relieve the created situation.” He also informed that the teachers were invited for questioning, but not him.
It should be noted that the child’s relatives stated that they are not able to answer other questions at the moment, they expect the law enforcement officers to conduct an effective investigation and find out all the circumstances of the incident. Relatives said they had no other details.
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