

The Algoma District School Board has now decided to add the annexes at Hornepayne High School and Thessalon, as well as Chapleau, Johnson-Tarbutt, Laird Central, Blind River, Queen Elizabeth, Bay View and Aweres Public Schools to the list. Clergue, Iron Bridge and Spanish Public Schools were also defined as prohibitive to repair, bringing the total to nine buildings. The Annex at Arthur Henderson Public School as well as F.H.

It recently revised that list, using a new formula to figure out that another four buildings should be added to that list.

Last night, the board added 12 structures and removed one from its list of schools that it believes will cost more to repair than they're worth.Īs of last summer, the ministry said that five schools in the Algoma District School Board are prohibitive to repair.Īlex Muir, Arthur Henderson and William Merrifield Public Schools as well as Alexander Henry High School and Korah Collegiate and Vocational School were deemed by the ministry to be prohibitive to repair. "We believe it's the start of a business plan." "By identifying groups of schools as prohibitive to repair we hope will build new schools," he said. "We've been told we have the worst schools in the province so we're reflecting that," Turco told trustees at a board meeting last night. And breaking that news to the Ontario Government is the start of a good business plan, says Mario Turco, director of education at the Algoma District School Board.
