City to grant Grandview to Matawa for new school – Tbnewswatch.com

Two sides say they’ll make it official on Tuesday when they sign a letter of intent.

THUNDER BAY – Matawa First Nations has cleared its most pressing hurdle needed to open a proposed 100-student Aboriginal high school in Thunder Bay.

On Monday city council unanimously agreed to sign a letter of intent to turn over the former Grandview Lodge to the Indigenous organization, with a plan to open the Student Education and Care Centre for First Nations Youth as soon as September 2018.

Matawa chief executive officer David Paul Achneepineskum said community leaders are convinced the new facility will improve the health and safety of students attending school from remote communities within the Matawa territory.