Aboriginal school project taking off in Prince George (The Globe and Mail)

28 Jan Aboriginal school project taking off in Prince George (The Globe and Mail)

The numbers at Carney Hill public school in downtown Prince George paint a bleak picture of native school life. Eighty-eight per cent of students enrolled are from first nations, yet their attendance rates are dismal and dropout rates are sky high.  “We failed them,” said Charlotte Henay, the Prince George school board’s aboriginal education principal. Across the province, the numbers are depressingly similar.  In a bid to reverse these grim statistics, Prince George will open British Columbia’s first public, aboriginal-themed public school… go to article