This N.L. school’s PA system hasn’t worked in months. But fears have increased since Tumbler Ridge
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For months, the PA system for a central Newfoundland school hasn’t worked, and while it’s set to be fixed soon, advocates are questioning why it has taken so long to address.
New World Island Academy in Summerford hasn’t had a working PA system since the start of the school year, but Education Minister Paul Dinn said that will be resolved soon.
“[The Department of] Transportation Infrastructure would have gone out looking for someone to fix it and repair it. And they have someone and my understanding is just physically getting them there to fix it,” he told reporters on Wednesday.
“There is a solution. It's just implementing.”
He added in September the government was “in transition” due to the then-ongoing provincial election but since taking office he has “actioned it.”
Concerns around school safety have increased in the aftermath of the Feb. 10 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. that saw eight victims killed, including six children and an education assistant.
Jennifer Anstey was so worried about safety at New World Island Academy, she kept her children home this week.
She said children are “like sitting ducks” in the school.
She said she found out the PA system wasn’t working around Christmas time, but initially thought it was a small problem or glitch.
Anstey said she was told staff requested to have it fixed several times.
“[I was] told that somebody came out and even checked and found out that it needed the part. Well, shouldn't take long to fix that. Christmas came and went. January started, no PA system. Later, kept waiting, kept waiting,” she told CBC Radio’s Newfoundland Morning.
She said the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge prompted further safety concerns.
She said the problem was reported to the Education Department only to be told it fell under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, who she contacted to find out when it could be fixed.
“I need to know where and what is going on. My children are there, they need to be safe,” said Anstey.
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