Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Our overall goal as a department is obviously to look after our schools throughout the Northwest Territories, the 49 schools. Some are very much deteriorating and some are fairly new. Now our overall emphasis is to focus on those schools that are badly in need, whether it be a renovation or a retrofit. So we will continue to push that forward during the capital planning process on an annual basis.

Over the years, obviously, the Members have supported us at that level, so we’ll continue to push that forward.

The $400,000 for the JK, that’s just some of the upgrades that we needed to do, the 23 schools that we’ve initiated, and the Member is asking that we should reassess. Obviously, with any new initiative, there will obviously be some analysis or assessment that will be embarked on. So, this is an area that we will be closely monitoring. Other communities may require some infrastructure upgrade to meet the demands of the delivery of JK programming.

French school, yes, it is before the courts, as you know. To put the funds in place, as the Member indicated, until the court decision comes down, that’s when the decision will be made and that’s when we’ll know the actual costs. Right now we wouldn’t know the overall costs of if there’s going to be a renovation or gymnasium or other infrastructure that’s required. Once it’s settled through courts, then we’ll decide to move forward on the actual expenditure on how much it will cost us. So at this point, we’re just waiting for a court

decision on these two schools, one in Hay River and also in Yellowknife as well. Mahsi.