A teacher in School District 57 has agreed with the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation Branch that he engaged in inappropriate physical conduct with his students and has agreed to complete the branch's boundaries course.
According to a summary issued by the branch, David Elton Ganner's actions included squeezing girls by the arm, patting boys and girls on the back, putting his arms around them and giving girls a brief shoulder and neck massage.
He also jokingly pretended to choke boys and girls by standing behind them and placing his arm around their necks, jokingly pretending to choke a girl but putting his hand on her throat and, on one occasion, jokingly kicking a boy in the butt.
Ganner was a shop teacher and the actions involved Grade 9 students. The summary does not say which school he teaches at, but according to a website biography, he has been a School District 57 employee since 1996 and transferred to D.P. Todd secondary from Mackenzie secondary school in 2004.
According to the branch's summary, the School District suspended Ganner for three days without pay on Nov. 26, 2013 and, on that same day, made a report to the commissioner about him.
He was suspended twice more without pay, on Dec. 3, 2013 and on Feb. 26, 2014, and on March 17, 2014, he provided the commissioner with an undertaking not to teach.
On Oct. 6, 2014, Ganner appeared in provincial court and and entered into a one-year recognizance or peace bond - essentially a restraining order.
On July 27, Ganner entered into a consent resolution agreement with the commissioner in which he agreed that his conduct constituted professional misconduct.
Ganner also agreed to complete the boundaries course by July 31.
The summary, which was issued on July 27, does not say where Ganner plans to continue teaching.
