Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This project was delayed by one year. The department was able to delay this project because the duplex unit classroom that was presently used as a community library and day-care was able to be turned over to classroom needs. When the grade 10 was introduced in 1985, there were 252 students: and when grade 11 was introduced in 1988-89, there were 314 students, and the school was at 102 per cent capacity. In 1989-90 the new school was constructed, Ulaajuk primary school, and the total of students attending that from K to 6 was 332. Ulaajuk School at the time was at 98 per cent capacity. Takijualuk School, from grade four to 12, was at 75 per cent capacity.
The department was able to delay the two projects, renovation and construction of the high school, because we had a portable school duplex that was being used as a day-care and library. The school was able to move into those portables to accommodate the students. If we do not plan for constructing a high school in Pond Inlet, there will be overcrowding, and we will be in a situation where we would have to ship students out of Pond Inlet to other schools where there is kindergarten to grade 12 available. We tried to promote that local education is very important. I believe that would be contradicting ourselves that we will not be meeting the community's requirement for educating kids. We will have to be shipping kids out of Pond Inlet.