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1,500 students displaced when Lole secondaire Mont -Bleu struck by lightning
CIBC News ° IPosted4 INov 19, 2018 1126 AIM IET 1I ILast Updated: November 19
IEcolle secondaiire IMont.-IBIleu was damaged by dire when lightning struck the Ibuiilldiing duriiing the
sairme storm the saw sevelrall tornadoes touch down across the region on Selpt. 21, 2018. (IKiilrn
valllliilre/IPadiio-Canada)
Demolition is among the options under consideration for a Gatineau high school
severely damaged during the same storm that saw several tornadoes touch down
across the region, according to documents obtained by Radio -Canada.
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Demolition considered for Gatineau school damaged in storm I CBC News
Lightning sparked a fire at Lole secondaire Mont -Bleu on Sept. 21, causing heavy
damage and displacing 1,500 students. They're now taking classes on a split schedule
with students at Lole secondaire de I'lle.
On Dec. 3, the Mont -Bleu students will move once again, this time to the Asticou
Centre, a federal government complex that's much closer to their damaged school.
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A working document obtained by Radio -Canada lays out four options to be
considered by the school board and province:
• Rebuild Lole secondaire Mont -Bleu to hold all the displaced students.
• Demolish Mont -Bleu school and acquire the Asticou Centre to hold all the
displaced students.
• Demolish Mont -Bleu school, acquire the Asticou Centre to hold approximately
1,000 students and boost capacity of a planned school in the Plateau
neighbourhood from 800 to 1,400 students to hold the rest.
• Rebuild a smaller Mont -Bleu school to hold approximately 1,000 students and
boost capacity of the Plateau school to hold the rest.
According to the document, any plan to rebuild Mont -Bleu would need to address
the risk of asbestos, mould and lead contamination.
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The Astiicou Centre in Gatineau, QUe., coulld become a permanent hoirrie for students displaced
from Lolle secondaiire IMont.-Bleu. (Radio. -Canada)
Final report soon
The report is expected to be finished and delivered to officials at the board and
province within two weeks.
The head of the school board, the Commission scolaire des Portages-de-
/'Outaouais(CPSO), said plans for the Plateau school, which is due to be built by
2021, have not changed.
The school board has asked the federal government about the possibility of staying
at the Asticou Centre beyond this school year, and said it's waiting for a response.
With files from Antoine Trepanier
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