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Home-based education bolsters district numbers
More than 65 years ago Japanese Canadians were forcibly removed from their homes on British Columbia’s coast and brought to internment camps in places like the Slocan Valley during the height of the Second World War. Today those who lived through the ordeal tell stories of struggle, sadness, and forgiveness. Here’s one such tale...
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Meanwhile, district-wide enrolment formi traditional ongtime Nelson resident Yosh Tagami Nelson Star Reporter remembers working for 25 cents an classrooms decreased by n hour building internment shacks on The number of public 166 students. the Popofflearning farm near Slocan City. He But because of new interschool students was 17 and is his would into o from home onfamily the rise in soon est inmove the home-based prooneKootenay of those houses, which measured 14 school x grams, the district the Lake School 25 feet. actually recorded a 53-stuDistrict. “The first winter was cold with feet in enrolment dent four increase of snow, and icicles formed inside so we overall. As a result, there put cardboard thefiwalls, â€? teaching pove more “We’ve from beenboxes onare he says. sitions in the district this working hard beyond There was very no insulation paper year compared to last. the and school and at shiplap, no indoor plumbing. School district superinWooden bunklevel beds lay end of district to at either tendent Jeff Jones said the the house with a kitchen in the middle. expand the array increases in both student They used a wood stove for cooking and of learning and teacher numbers came heating. a pleasant opportunities “Rice was rationedfor and we as made green surprise, given that last April the district arden tea our from students.â€? alfalfa leaves,â€? he says. “We had a garden and also was preparing to lay off s bought vegetables from the36 DoukABOVE —Even Jeff Jones teachers. e in horse driven hobors who came horse-driven District Superintendent before World War II, “When wagons. â€? we did our spring Japanese Canadians projections, we85, anticipated Tagami, now was born at like Yosh Tagami As of September 30, Genoa needing fewer teachers than Bay on Vancouver Island were ďŹ ngerprinted we actually because we when the school district and raised atdo Paldi, a sawmill and photographed submitted enrolment num- community anticipated we haveHe nearwould Duncan. for identity cards bers to the province, there fewer students, â€? Jones exhad four brothers and two when they turned 16. sisters. Their father noting thatJirosaku, only a were 400 full-time equiva- plained, RIGHT — Thoumillwright, in a fall lent students signed up two teacherswas whoinjured received Bob Hall photo sands of internees and unable work,on sothe the sons were sent to Slocan for Homelinks or distance layoff notices to remain began teenagers. education programs. That’s recall listlogging waitingasfor a new Michael will play CityCalledine where they en-Judas when Jesus Christ Superstar opens at the Capitol Theatre on about 219 more students Thursday night. Cast andliving crew are currently hard at work at rehearsal for the local production of dured primitive Story continues than were taking those proStory continues to to conditions. the Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera. More photos on Page 2 and see story in today’s {Vurb}. ‘Tagami’ on Page grams last year. ‘An array’ on Page 8 3 (Tak Toyota photo) SAM VAN SCHIE
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