Hans son witnessed another student being assaulted in the schoolyard: Now Thomas is concerned about sending his son to school.

School Leader's Son Witnesses Attack in School Playground: Now Thomas is Concerned about Sending his Son to School

The government believes that the school leader in Kolding should have the ability to expel students.

Thomas Klarlund Kramer raises questions about whether a regular public school is the right place for the targeted students. 5 minutes ago

In a school playground just before Christmas, Thomas Klarlund Kramer's son, who is in the 9th grade, was unwillingly a witness to an attack on Sdr. Vang School in Kolding.

The attack has been reported to the police, and the police have identified three boys from the school's expulsion for allegedly beating a fourth boy, who also attends the expulsion, with knuckles, whipping him with a belt, and filming the incident, according to Sydøstjyllands Police.

Read also: Students Charged with Assault with Belt and Knuckles - but School Leader Cannot Expel Them Herself ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/elever-sigtet-overfald-med-baelte-og-knytnaeveslag-men-skoleleder-kan-ikke-selv-smide-dem-ud-af )

Thomas Klarlund Kramer tells that his son was in the local area where the incident occurred.

- The door is locked, and then this episode occurs, while my son and two of his friends are basically just standing frozen in the corner and watching.

- They try to get up and unlock the door, and they try to get in as well. It is just pushed away.

According to Thomas Klarlund Kramer, his son did not tell anyone about what he had experienced until the day after, when the incident was reported to the police.

- He is shocked by this event.

- And I think a little that they were also a bit scared that if we talk about it, then we are just the next in line. So they first say something when there is someone who has reported it to the police, says Thomas Klarlund Kramer.

The three students who are charged in the case have been temporarily expelled from Sdr. Vang School in Kolding. (Photo: © Hanne Høier/DR)

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Will the students return to school?

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The three expelled students were temporarily expelled from school after the attack.

According to school leader Jesper Dyrbjerg Strøager at Sdr. Vang School, the school decides in cooperation with the municipality's lawyers what consequences the incident will have for the three students.

But it is not a possibility for the school leader herself to make a decision about expelling them permanently from school, as she does not have legal authority to do so. If it is to happen, there are several things that need to be in place. Among other things, the municipality's administration must intervene, and a school in the municipality must be found that will accept the children.

- There is no stipulation that I can expel students (permanently, ed.). I can expel them from school for up to ten days. And then there are other possibilities. One can let them change classes, or one can transfer them to another school, says Jesper Dyrbjerg Strøager.

The school leader does not comment on whether he would expel the students permanently, he only states that he cannot.

But Thomas Klarlund Kramer is concerned about sending his son to school if the three students return.

- I am actually really worried about whether such an episode, if these children return to school, will damage the learning outcome and disrupt the social relationships in the class.

He is also concerned about how much the incident has affected his son.

- I am worried about whether there will be a reaction. That it suddenly falls on him that it was such a violent experience. That he stresses with it, and that it comes to affect his focus and disrupt his well-being or others in the class.

Thomas Klarlund Kramer can certainly question whether a regular public school is the right place for the three students, he says in the clip here:

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Minister: School Leaders Should be Able to Expel Students from School

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According to the government, it should, however, be possible for school leaders to expel students from school in special cases, or if the student repeatedly violates the school's rules of conduct.

- The school leader should have the ability to expel a student from the upper classes to another educational institution. We should not have these students back on the same school, says children and education minister Mattias Tesfaye.

According to the minister, the case in Kolding is exactly the kind of case that they have in mind when they want to change the legislation.

- That is exactly the kind of cases we have in mind when we want to change the legislation.

- If we get our way in the government, then a school leader will have the ability to expel such a student, says he.

Children and education minister Mattias Tesfaye expects that the government will begin negotiations with the rest of the Folketing about the legislative proposal in March.

School Chief in Kolding Municipality, Karen Albrechtsen, writes to DR that she has nothing to add to the case.

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