Aupaluk, Que., to replace school that burned down

TheKativikSchool Board is planning to start construction on a new school in Aupaluk, Que., in 2015 to replace TarsakallakSchool, which was destroyed in a fire March 15.

Since then, students have been studying in two makeshift classrooms at the Sukliateet Child Care Centre and five more in the communitys former municipal office.

Next year, the Kativik School Board plans to add more provisional learning space using a temporary building that will be shipped up over the summer.

Jade Bernier, the public relations officer for the board, says it will have four more classrooms and a gymnasium, which will allow teachers to reintroduce sports and other extracurricular activities.

These haven't taken place as they were before, but we're hoping that with the new physical exercise room, this can start again in the fall."

New school for 2016

Meanwhile, plans are underway to build a new school where the old one once stood.

Bernier says the school board is planning to begin work next summer, and have the doors open by fall 2016, but thats subject to approval of the construction budget by Quebecs Ministry of Education.