Bat problem to force Plaster Rock school to close for rest of academic year
CBC
Tobique Valley High School in Plaster Rock, N.B., will be closed for the remainder of the school year so that a bat and feces problem at the school can be addressed.
Parents were notified Friday in an email from a school official.
Student have one more day of school on Monday and then the school will shut down for cleaning. They also have the option to gather their belongings and not attend for the full day.
The students will then have the rest of the week off, before resuming their studies on Monday, May 5.
Tobique Valley High School students in grades 6 to 8 will go to Donald Fraser Memorial School, which is about a kilometre away.
Students in grades 9 to 12 will go to Southern Victoria High School in Perth-Andover, which is roughly 40 kilometres away.
"Since March, students and staff have been very patient and resilient when it comes to attending school in a building that bats also occupy, and the time has come when we need to investigate further and remediate the bat issue as well as provide a safe and comfortable learning and working environment for all," said the email to parents.
Students were previously sent home on March 17 due to bats flying in the school.
The 134 Students enrolled at Tobique Valley High School will stay with their same classes and have the same teachers and support staff at the new schools.
Crystal O'Neil has two kids at Tobique Valley and is the president of the Parent School Support Committee.
She's pleased with the news.
"I'm 100 per cent at ease," she said. "At least everybody's out of that building."
But she's less enthusiastic about the move to other schools.
"I was pushing for other options, for online learning, sending home assignments, something that these kids can do while the cleanup is happening," said O'Neil.
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