St-Henri school, a francophone elementary school located near the city centre, is the most overcrowded school in the Francophone South District.
Thirty-five parents and counting have signed an open letter addressed to both the Department of Education and the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, imploring them to make infrastructure changes to the school.
“We really felt strongly that we needed new assessments and most likely need extra resources to deal with the influx of students that we’ve seen in the last year,” she said. “Sometimes he needs to change his jacket or put on his shoes to go inside the school to use the bathroom,” she said. Francophone South District Education Council President Michel Côté said the school, as well as many others in the district, were facing a shortage of classrooms.He said newly-constructed Claudette-Bradshaw school, which opened its doors in September, was already nearing maximum capacity.
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