The 14-year-old son of an alleged Hells Angels associate has been pulled out of D.W. Poppy Secondary School in Langley, B.C., for security reasons, CBC News learned Monday.

Langley's D.W. Poppy Secondary School was locked down for about two hours on the morning of Sept 11.
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The Langley school board refused to confirm or deny that Leonard Allan Pelletier's son was removed from his high school, citing privacy concerns.

But CBC News has learned that a detailed risk assessment was conducted, taking into account any threats to the teenager's safety, and the safety of the other 1,000 students at the school.

The Pelletier family met with school officials and the RCMP and it was decided that alternative schooling would be arranged for the teenager. Details of the arrangement remain secret.

Pelletier, 40, was allegedly the target of what police believe was a gang-related shooting on Sept. 11, which prompted lockdowns at the secondary school and a nearby elementary school in the suburb of Vancouver.

Pelletier was dropping his teenage son off at school before the shooting. Believing he had been followed, he tried to drive away from the school with his son still inside his Hummer, which subsequently crashed into a tree.

According to police, at least a half dozen high-calibre rounds were pumped into the vehicle but Pelletier and his son weren't hit. The father sustained minor injuries in the crash.

Langley RCMP have alleged that underworld crime — possibly involving both youth gangs and the Hells Angels — was likely behind the shooting.

Cheryl Batke is relieved to know Leonard Allan Pelletier's son is no longer attending D.W. Poppy school.
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Some parents of teenagers attending D.W. Poppy said Monday that they were relieved to hear about the arrangement.

"I don't think it was a healthy situation for that student to be in attendance in this school," one parent told CBC News Monday.

Cheryl Batke, another parent, said she will now feel much safer herself and feel better about the safety of the students.

"To know that you have to dodge bullets to get your kids to school is not a good feeling," Batke said.