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YK1's superintendent says that without confirmed backing from Jordan's Principle, the territory has notified 79 acquisition assistants that their positions won't beryllium successful the adjacent schoolhouse year.
Students volition beryllium reassigned to remaining acquisition assistants, says superintendent
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· Posted: Jun 04, 2025 3:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago
Yellowknife Education District No.1 (YK1) says it nary longer has the backing to support 79 of the district's acquisition assistants adjacent schoolhouse twelvemonth arsenic a effect of caller changes to Jordan's Principle.
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) announced earlier this twelvemonth that it would beryllium narrowing the scope of eligible requests for backing through Jordan's Principle, a programme established to guarantee First Nations children don't look gaps oregon work denials due to the fact that of their identities.
In a quality merchandise Tuesday, YK1 superintendent Shirley Zouboules wrote that the territory has applied for Jordan's Principle backing but is inactive waiting for a reply. Without the backing confirmed, Zouboules said 79 acquisition assistants successful term, oregon temporary, positions person been told their positions apt won't beryllium adjacent schoolhouse year.
Zouboules said that YK1's 8 schools volition adapt and that students antecedently supported by the 79 acquisition assistants not returning adjacent twelvemonth volition beryllium reassigned to the remaining acquisition assistants.
"Assignments volition beryllium prioritized to guarantee information and beforehand pupil success," Zouboules wrote.
MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh Richard Edjericon said Łutsël Kʼé is losing 5 acquisition assistants arsenic a effect of the changes.
Zouboules said the territory is inactive confirming acquisition assistants' assignments and that schools volition person much accusation successful the coming weeks.
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