Vast Majority Won’t Send Kids to Off Territory Schools
Written by Paul Graif on 1 May 2020
The vast majority of the parents who have been contacted by the Kahnawake Education Center (KEC) say they will not be sending their children off the territory to the elementary schools when they reopen. About 90 percent of the parents, of the 87 children who attend those schools, have responded.
The Task Force also made it a formal recommendation, that parents keep their kids home in Kahnawake. There will be no bus service provided. So if you decide to send your child to their school off the territory you will have to arrange transportation yourself.
The numbers don’t lie. Just one month ago, on April 1st, there were 36 total deaths from Covid-19 reported in the province of Quebec. Now that number, one month later, has reached 2020. 10 days there were 1000 deaths. “The more these numbers keep rising the greater the likelihood that our community will be affected,” Commissioner of Public Security Lloyd Phillips said.
The Task Force adopted a matrix on business in the community in order to begin planning how the economy will work when the measures begin to be relaxed.
They have identified 24 different industries in Kahnawake.
They will weigh the health risk versus the economic impact on reopening those industries. They are looking at many factors including how many people they employ. A group will plot on the matrix and come back to the Task Force next week.
Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC) Executive Director Lisa Westaway says that day two of the community Health Check saw the numbers more than double from Thursday. “We have made 210 calls over the two days,” Westaway said. “Because of these calls we’ve performed 21 tests. This tells me that many people who have symptoms but don’t want to call. So these calls are working.”
If you don’t have a land line then you can call the KMHC and leave your cell number: 450-638-3930 Ext. 2296 or 2275. You can also send it to healthcheck@kmhc.ca. “We hope to reach most of the community members within the next 10 days or so,” she said.
