Attawapiskat First Nation school to reopen after flood
A brand new elementary school shuttered by flooding in a troubled indigenous community in Ontario will be reopening for business next week.
The $30 million school on the Attawapiskat First Nation flooded in early January due to what band council members described as a malfunctioning sprinkler system.
The school was opened with much fanfare in 2014, putting an end to a 14-year period in which the community’s roughly 400 elementary-age students were being taught in portable classrooms.
January’s flood caused considerable damage to the first floor of the school and cancelled classes for about six weeks.