Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department moved quickly to ensure that the funding was available for temporary classroom space and then had to enter into negotiations on the size of the new school; in other words, the number of classrooms and the number of seats. We now have agreement with the community, the divisional board and the department on the size and number of seats in the school. We still need to be sure that the community is adequately consulted on the design.

Currently, the department is working at finalizing a submission to the Financial Management Board for the capital cost of building a new school.