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Relocation to 2nd Gatineau high school following fire has caused tension
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A sign outside IEcolle secorndailre de II "Mlle wellcolrrrnes the students from IEcolle secoindaUre IMont.-Bleu,
Ibut Ihavi ng two Ihigh schools share oine Ihuiilldiing Ihasn't been ajrniversalllly welcomed. (Julliie-Anne
ILalpoi me/Radio-Cainada)
Nearly 1,500 students at Lole secondaire Mont -Bleu in Gatineau Que., will have a
new home at the Asticou Centre in early December.
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Their school was damaged during the tornadoes that tore through the capital region
last month. It's believed lightning struck the school and caused a fire that took hours
to extinguish.
Mont-BleuThe students
with the two schools' students sharing the building by effectively having their day
split into two shifts.
The December relocation to the federal government complex would mark the end of
that disruption, which has upset students at parents at de Vile.
Some 1,500 Lolle secoindaire Mont -Bleu students were heft without classrooms after tlheiilr school)
caught fire during the Sept. 21, 2018, tornadoes. IIt's beheved the sclhooll was Ihit lby lightning.
(IRadb-calnada/IKiirn valllliib.re)
'Great news'
"This is great news for the students of Mont -Bleu and de I'Ile high schools who'll get
back to a regular schedule at the earliest possible moment," said Hull-Alymer MP
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Greg Fergus in a press release.
The move was first suggested as a possible solution last wee
The federal government will have to relocate 600 Asticou Centre employees to other
buildings, some of which would be part of the Gatineau complex.
Minor work must be done to the buildings before students arrive, including adding
science labs and lockers.
Greg McGillis, a regional executive vice-president with the Public Service Alliance of
Canada, said while the union absolutely supports the government's attempt to find
Mont -Bleu students a more permanent home, he does want to know more about the
move.
"We need more information about exactly how that is going to work and how our
members are going to be affected," he said.
"At this point we don't have enough details."
Greg IMcGiilllliis of the IPubllic Service Alhance of Canada says the union hasn't yet been tolld where
600 federal) workers Will go to Imalke way for students of Ikolle secolndaire (Mont -Bleu. The school)
was badly daimaged by fire caused by lightning. 0.27
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