On 1 February 1929, another fire destroyed the school building; its replacement opened the following year in September, with an increased pupilage of 120. In 1946, the Indian & Eskimo Welfare Commission of the Anglican Church of Canada took control of managing the school. Between 1947 and 1953, problems with water supply and maintenance led to the school being closed for much of that period. In 1957, the school saw its first pupils sent to high school, at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girl Guides, and Brownies were formed at the school the following year. On 1 April 1969, the Canadian government began directly operating the school, with domestic staff being transferred to the federal payroll. The institution was thereafter renamed the Gordon Student Residence, administered by William Starr, with the educational sector becoming the Gordon Day School. From then onward, the Anglican Church provided chaplaincy services to the school. Soon after, in 1975, an advisory board was formed for the Residence. In 1996, Gordon Student Residence was closed and the main building was razed, making it the last federally-funded residential school in Canada. (The last of all residential schools to close in Canada was Grollier Hall in 1997, which was not government-run when it closed.) Demographic Apart from the local children from the George Gordon Reserve, students were drawn from the greater area in Saskatchewan as well, often being the overflow from other residential schools. Overflow was especially evident as result of the Baby Boom generation, with the year 1965 seeing children coming from such places as Churchill and Split Lake, Manitoba, in the east; Carlyle and Broadview in the south; and Battleford and Pelican Narrows in the north. Of those children, 90% were Cree, 8% Salteaux, and 1% each were Assiniboine and Chipewyan. Abuse The residential school system in general is widely regarded as cultural genocide, due to the action of destroying Indigenous culture, language, and religion, as well as the intent to do so. Children attending Gordon Indian Residential School were reported to have suffered various forms of abuse, inflicting severe damage to the Gordon community. The school has been proven to have facilitated the abuse of children under their care. The federal government knew of these abuses, and has since apologized and paid compensation to the victims. The extent of the damage done to these communities, however, is still unknown. During the mid-1990s, the