Easterville school closed again
FEB 05 2008 08:00 AM
Over 400 Students are at home again on a Manitoba First Nation.
CJOB has been told the school on the First Nation at Easterville has closed again as teachers have not been paid by the band council since December. An employee at the school says the teachers and the principal are having a meeting but the building is closed to the students until further notice.
Two weeks ago the teachers walked off the job for five days but came back to work until yesterday.
Officials with Indian Affairs are meeting with Easterville's chief to try to find money to compensate the teachers. A spokesperson for the department says the government is not ruling out a higher level of financial intervention into the band's budget problems.
CJOB's Jeff Keele reporting.
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