Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I also have questions for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Mr. Speaker, I want to speak a bit about the Kaw Tay Whee School in Detah. Mr. Speaker, the Kaw Tay Whee School in the 20year assessment in 20162017 had been marked down as a renovation for $2.5 million. In 20172018 it was a replacement for $6 million. Then in 20182019 it was a renovation and an addition for $6.4 million. Last year's acquisition had another $6 million for replacement. I would like to ask the Minister what the plan is moving forward. Is this a replacement or a major renovation and addition? Thank you.
Masi. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Work at Kaw Tay Whee School in Detah has been on the capital planning list, as well, and needs some work. We are working with committee. Both for Detah and Ndilo, we are looking at addressing some of the capacity issues, but also the age of the school. Right now, a planning study will be undertaken in 20182019 for the replacement of the school.
Mr. Speaker, in the latest detailed plan I have, the planning study was to be occurring in this fiscal year, 20172018, and then the beginning of the renovation in 20182019, so I want to ask the Minister if that plan has just been shifted one year and that is the only change.
After we did the technical status evaluation, there were some other little things that needed to be addressed right away, such as in the areas of space and other technical issues. We needed to get that done. It has just gone off by a year, and we will get that planning study under way in 20182019.
That is good news. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if he can commit to involving the YK Dene in all aspects of the school, the planning, student needs, employment, design, and construction jobs.
Yes, any time we do any major retrofits or replacement of a school, we do meet with community members and leadership to see what that might entail. However, we do have capital standards when we build our schools and infrastructure in our communities, and in some cases we do have governments, Indigenous governments, or other organizations, that want to make it bigger. At that point, we would have to go to a P3 process, but we always do involve community input.
Masi. Oral questions. Member for Tu NedheWiilideh.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if there has been any discussion on where the school will be built. In other words, has there been identification of a site for the school? Thank you.
Yes, initial discussions between some of the YK Dene chief, the SAO, and some of our department have begun in March of 2017. We will continue those discussions this fall and see where we go from there. We will keep the Member updated on how that progresses. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Masi. Oral questions. Member for Frame Lake.
