A 37-year-old woman has been charged with assault with a weapon after RCMP allege a child was physically disciplined with a belt at a private Mennonite school in northern Alberta. The investigation was later taken over by the western Alberta district general investigation section, which, with assistance from Fort Vermilion RCMP, executed a search warrant at the school. Officers allegedly seized what police described as a machine belt, along with documents related to the school's disciplinary practices. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAccording to RCMP, investigators determined that corporal punishment using what was referred to as "the strap" was part of the disciplinary policies at Blumenort Mennonite School, Wilson Prairie Mennonite School and Tompkins Mennonite School. Subscribers gain unlimited access to The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites.