How could the spike in student aggression affect Grant Park High School?
Increased student aggression may raise operational risk at Grant Park High School The Winnipeg School Division has seen a sharp rise in student-related aggression incidents, jumping from 884 in the 2022-23 year to 1,925 in 2025-26. As a school within the division, Grant Park High School is exposed to this division-wide increase, which includes incidents such as hits, scratches, kicks, and bites. This rise in aggression creates operational risk, disrupting the learning environment for students and increasing safety concerns for staff, particularly educational assistants.
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The union representing educational support staff in the Winnipeg School Division reported a 118 per cent increase in student-related aggression incidents since the 2022-23 year. Incidents rose from 884 in 2022-23 to 1,925 in 2025-26. The union noted that educational assistants were the staff group most frequently involved in these incidents.
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As a school within the division, Grant Park High School is exposed to the division-wide rise in incidents, which includes hits, scratches, kicks, and bites. This disruption affects both workers and students, making it difficult for students to learn in an environment where they feel unsafe.
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- Student-related aggression incidents jumped from 884 in the 2022-23 year to 1,925 in 2025-26cbc.ca
- The increase in incidents includes hits, scratches, kicks and bitescbc.ca
- Educational assistants were the staff group most likely to be harmed by student-related aggressioncbc.ca
- The disruption affects both workers and students, making it difficult for students to learn in an environment where they feel like they're walking on eggshellscbc.ca
Why it matters
The rise in violence poses a significant operational risk to schools like Grant Park High School, impacting staff safety and instructional time. The union is calling on the province to ensure safe staffing levels and strengthen enforcement of violence-prevention requirements to mitigate this risk.
This is not an isolated issue but a nationwide problem affecting the entire education sector. Experts note that the issue is very complex to solve, with some contributors pointing to a general decrease in school funding leading to larger class sizes and cuts to resources.
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- What specific violence-prevention requirements will the province strengthen?
- How will the division address the concerns that staffing levels are not matching needs?
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