Tumbler Ridge plans for how to return students to education
CBC
Almost one week after the fatal mass shooting at a high school and home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., the local school board is focusing on how to respectfully get kids back to their education.
At a vigil for the community Friday, Premier David Eby said the province would provide a safe place for students, instead of the existing building in which the horrific tragedy occurred.
“I will promise you that not one of you will ever be forced to go back to that school,” Eby said Friday.
Peace River South School District chair Chad Anderson says experts in school-based trauma from Safer Schools Together are in the community advising next steps.
Anderson echoed Eby's comments that students will not be returning to the existing school building at this point in time.
“That building is not an option at this stage,” Anderson said.
Experts say people respond differently to trauma, he said, and some students want to get back to life as normal.
“Others cannot ever fathom going back in that building. And so we need to be respectful of that."
The Feb. 10 shooting saw six victims die in the school. Five of them were students aged 12 and 13; the sixth, a 39-year-old education assistant.
Anderson said he hopes to share details on the plan on Wednesday or Thursday this week.
There may be a “phase-in process” so students are not expected to return to school on a given date but are given the option to return to routine.
It’s still too soon to talk about whether the school should be demolished, he added.
“Our main focus really is getting a plan in place for students to get back into safe, comfortable classrooms.”
School staff need care too, Anderson said.
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