Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think that whether YK 1 were to lease a school to YCS or not, it would improve the opportunities for education in Yellowknife if they were to consolidate one school. So that's the first point that I've been trying to make, is that whether YK 1 should consider consolidating schools in any case. I think that one of their schools should be shut. That would allow them to flow the extra money that they're spending now on duplicated administration to important programs that they may have to offer kids, whether it's immersion, cultural programs. There would be an opportunity for more support for students with special needs, or perhaps enrichment programming. So right now they're spending money keeping a school open and that's all it's doing is paying to keep that school open rather than actually being used to improve education for kids. So that's the first thing that I've said in my letter, is that they need to consider closing a school in order to improve education in the system for kids in Yellowknife. If that school is then closed, why not lease it during the construction period to the other school system so that they can place their kids in there? Thank you.
Charles Dent on Question 470-15(5): Funding For Yellowknife Schools
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2007. See this statement in context.
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