An eight-year-old boy is dead after a medical emergency at Orleans Wood Elementary School Friday afternoon.
School officials tell CTV News it did not appear Griffin Martin, a Grade 3 student at Orleans Wood, had a condition, but they would not elaborate on what had happened. Parents say they've been told that Griffin had fallen.
Tributes are pouring in on the school's Facebook page, expressing sadness and shock at the news.
"My heart breaks for the Martin family," one commenter writes. "No parent should ever have to suffer such a loss."
The school has arranged to have counsellors available to talk with students and staff on Monday, and The Ottawa Carleton District School Board is encouraging parents to speak with their children about their feelings.
Orleans Wood is a junior kindergarden to Grade 3 community school of 205 students.