I take the Member's comments and would agree with him that museums are an important aspect of life in the North.
Debates of March 24th, 2004
This is page numbers 237 - 292 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 3rd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was chairman.
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Committee Motion 7-15(3): To Undertake A Quantitative Evaluation On Grade Extensions To Gauge Student Success, Carried
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When will the Minister be determining which school board this new Yellowknife school will be directed to? Thank you.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Mr. Chairman, I haven't set that up. I have been approached by three boards in Yellowknife who have an interest in a new school. We have quite a challenge ahead of us working with all of our partners here to determine how this money can be used to serve all of our needs.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to leave this with one last question, has the Minister investigated potential locations for this new school yet to be determined under which school board? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Mr. Chairman, there's been nothing but some general discussion about where it might fit. Some of that will depend on some program decisions and the overall discussion we have to have with the three boards in Yellowknife.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
I can't help but ask one last question. Will the Minister be engaging any of the Yellowknife Members with regard to this new school yet to be determined under which school board? Thank you.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Mr. Chairman, if experience serves me, I will have no doubt that there will be a significant amount of involvement by Yellowknife Members as this decision works forward. We are going to have to try to find some way to work collaboratively to deal with the needs of our constituents.
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Calvin Pokiak Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I, too, will have to talk with regard to the Mangilaluk School addition. I know it is way back to 2006-07. Can you move that up to next year? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Committee Motion 7-15(3): To Undertake A Quantitative Evaluation On Grade Extensions To Gauge Student Success, Carried
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Mr. Chairman, every year we go through a process of evaluating the needs in the capital plan and every year there will be some movement because we will sometimes find that the piles are rotting on a school somewhere that we weren't aware of and have to move some project forward, or we discover that the population has dropped in a community in the school, therefore it isn't quite as urgent to deal with the project. I will certainly keep the Member's request in mind as we are looking at the capital projects next year. It's difficult to make any promises. It's impossible to make promises at this point. We will have to assess things as we are preparing the capital plan for next year.
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Committee Motion 7-15(3): To Undertake A Quantitative Evaluation On Grade Extensions To Gauge Student Success, Carried
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Calvin Pokiak Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I understand the process in terms of the requests for the numbers in the schools, but again there is a situation in my community. The classes are crowded and there just isn't enough space. Also the fact that I mentioned earlier at some of our meetings that the younger kids have a tendency to see what's going on. Inuvik is a good example in terms of the high school. They have SAMS and they have Samuel Hearne. They are divided from grades 1 to 7 and grades 8 to 12. It's a good example of what the younger students can see what's happening with the older students. Having said that, in my community of Tuktoyaktuk, this is what they are requesting. This is one of the problems they are encountering and issues they raised with me. I would just like to bring that forward, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 7-15(3): To Undertake A Quantitative Evaluation On Grade Extensions To Gauge Student Success, Carried
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Committee Motion 7-15(3): To Undertake A Quantitative Evaluation On Grade Extensions To Gauge Student Success, Carried
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have heard often from Mr. Pokiak and his concerns about the school in Tuk. I know it was one of the first issues he raised with me. I am aware of the Member's concerns and I will do my best to work with him and the community to see what we can do. We face though some significant challenges in terms of the needs we have out there for schools where there is significant overcrowding or structural safety issues we have to deal with. That all has to be taken into account as we figure out the mix for each year. I will continue to discuss the issue with Mr. Pokiak and we will have to see how things shake out as the next capital plan gets developed.
Committee Motion 7-15(3): To Undertake A Quantitative Evaluation On Grade Extensions To Gauge Student Success, Carried
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Committee Motion 7-15(3): To Undertake A Quantitative Evaluation On Grade Extensions To Gauge Student Success, Carried
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Robert Villeneuve Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One last comment on the subject of schools. I wonder where this school wood pile remediation is going to be of $2 million. I have a lot of constituents that would be qualified as instructors in any school that deals with wood piles.
---Laughter
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Mr. Chairman, this might be a different kind of wood pile than the Member is used to seeing in Fort Resolution. Most of the expenses for this year are planned for the Beaufort-Delta region and the Sahtu where we have a number of schools where the piles underneath them are rotting out much more quickly than had been expected.