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Portable classrooms called ‘Band-Aid solution’ as Colville Lake, N.W.T., waits for new school – CBC

by ahnationtalk on February 20, 202481 Views

Feb 19, 2024

Education minister says portables temporary solution while plans for new facility progress

The N.W.T. government is spending $3.9 million on new portable classrooms for the school in Colville Lake, but some community members say that’s a Band-Aid solution and what they actually need is a new school.

Colville Lake’s Behdzi Ahda First Nation has long been planning for a new school to deal with overcrowding, unreliable heating and plumbing at the existing facility. The territorial government got behind the project a few years ago, but since then the plans appear to have stalled.

Now the territory is looking to deliver three new portable buildings, and leaders in the Sahtu community say they’re not convinced those will help.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/colville-lake-portables-new-school-1.7119469

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