Attawapiskat’s new school undergoing repairs after being closed due to flood
A new school in a remote northern Ontario indigenous community has been closed for more than a month after a malfunctioning sprinkler system flooded the building.
Band council members in Attawapiskat First Nation say the break inside the $30 million elementary school, the only one available to serve the roughly 400 students in the community, leaving much of one floor under water.
Chief Executive Wayne Turner says there have been no classes since the sprinkler malfunctioned on Jan. 7.
He says repairs to the building are underway and hopes students will be back in the school in a matter of weeks.