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title: "Vancouver School District teacher suspended seven days for inappropriate conduct with student"
description: "BC's teacher regulator ruled that Nathaniel Patrick Hyde engaged in boundary-crossing behaviour with a Grade 7 student during the 2025/2026 school year."
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last_updated: "2026-10-29T03:52:05.875Z"
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The BC Commissioner for Teacher Regulation has published a discipline decision against a Vancouver School Board teacher, Nathaniel Patrick Hyde, for inappropriate conduct with a student during the 2025/2026 school year. Daily Hive reported the ruling on October 27, 2026.

Hyde was teaching a joint Grade 6 and 7 class in School District No. 39 at the time. According to the Commissioner's public decision, the conduct occurred across several incidents in January 2026. On January 23, Hyde spoke to a student, referred to as Student A, about a dropped sticky note and told the student that one of their friendships was "toxic" and that he was not sure if he and Student A could "have a relationship." On January 26, he asked the student: "It feels like we have a special connection, right?" On January 28, he took the student to an art supply room and asked if "they had a crush on him or something." The decision states the student was upset and shaking after this interaction.

After the January 29 meeting with Student A's parents, Hyde acknowledged asking whether the student had a crush on him and admitted the question was inappropriate. He also acknowledged he had scared the student.

## The discipline

The Commissioner's decision, dated October 8, 2026, imposed a total of seven days suspension without pay. Hyde served five days on June 30, 2026, and was required to complete a course on professional boundaries at the Justice Institute of British Columbia, which he finished in August 2026. After a further investigation, Hyde agreed to two additional suspension days, running October 29 and 30, 2026.

The discipline decision is public on the BC Commissioner for Teacher Regulation's website.

## What this means for SD 39 families

Hyde's two-day suspension runs on October 29 and 30, 2026. Parents of children in School District No. 39 who want to read the full decision can find it on the Commissioner's website. The Vancouver School Board can be contacted through its own website for any questions about specific classroom assignments. You can find the newly elected [Vancouver School Board trustees](/candidates?race=school-board) on this site.

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*This article draws on the discipline decision published by the BC Commissioner for Teacher Regulation and Daily Hive's October 27, 2026 report.*

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