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Quebec Education Minister Jo\u00ebl Arseneau is speaking out about school personnel who allegedly confined unruly children in a locker north of Montreal. The minister says he was informed of the allegations at a school in the Laurentians and says the situation was unacceptable. The allegations were first reported by Cogeco media outlets on Thursday. The reports say at least three children between five and seven years old were isolated and sometimes locked in a lightly padded metal locker in order to get them to calm down. They also say four employees, including a teacher and the school principal, were suspended following the allegations. The alleged punishment occurred at a primary school operated by the Centre de services scolaire des Mille-\u00celes. “I condemn it without reservation,” Arseneau wrote on social media…. <\/p>\n

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Quebec Education Minister Jo\u00ebl Arseneau is speaking out about school personnel who allegedly confined unruly children in a locker north of Montreal. The minister says he was informed of the allegations at a school in the Laurentians and says the situation was unacceptable. The allegations were first reported by Cogeco media outlets on Thursday. The reports say at least three children between five and seven years old were isolated and sometimes locked in a lightly padded metal locker in order to get them to calm down. They also say four employees, including a teacher and the school principal, were suspended following the allegations. The alleged punishment occurred at a primary school operated by the Centre de services scolaire des Mille-\u00celes. “I condemn it without reservation,” Arseneau wrote on social media.... <\/p>\n

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