DAY STAR FIRST NATION — The Horizon School Division is close to signing a renewed agreement with one of the First Nations its serves.
Kevin Garinger, the division’s director of education, said the division is proud of the work it’s done with the chief and council of Day Star First Nation to forge a new agreement that has the division operate the school on the First Nation’s land.
“We’re excited that we’ve been able to put together a very powerful agreement that we’re just in the process of getting signatures for and that sort of thing, so we look forward to that.”
The director of education said it has been a while since the division has looked at an agreement, which has resulted in a lot of changes needed to update it.
“They were the first one that we have now been through. It’s a very powerful process and important, and we’ll continue that work with our other partners from our other First Nations,” Garinger said.
“The latest agreements were back in 2011, which is great, but we want more current agreements.”
Garinger said the agreement with Day Star could serve as a model for the other First Nations it operates schools with, but the provincial government is also doing some work to provide an updated agreement template for all school divisions.
