Lake St. Martin students still waiting for school
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 08/09/2011 (5525 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Not all students are returning to school this week.
The displaced children of the flooded community of Lake St. Martin First Nation are still living in hotel rooms in Winnipeg and haven’t yet found a site that will serve as a temporary school.
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) has called on the federal government to immediately help find a place for the children to continue their education, which was cut short this year because of spring flooding in the 725-member Ojibwa First Nation, located 285 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
“Our students have a right to set personal goals and reach benchmarks of achievement in a safe and supportive community school environment. This right is commonly referred to as the Treaty Right to Education,” said AMC Grand Chief Derek Nepinak.
The Winnipeg Free Press reported earlier this week that officials from the province and Lake St. Martin signed an agreement Friday to make getting kids back to school a priority. Children will attend a federal school with their own teachers separate from other Manitoba students in a building that can accommodate 150 children from nursery to Grade 9. The two sides would like to find a school that can house all the students in one place instead of having them spread throughout the city. High school students are privately placed because there isn’t a high school in the community.
“We’re working with Lake St. Martin and the Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada on this… so children can attend school in Winnipeg this September,” Manitoba’s Aboriginal Affairs Minister Eric Robinson said.
In a statement issued by the AMC, Nepinak said education needs are enshrined in the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child.