Yellowknife school boards say it’s unlikely students will return to classes as scheduled on Aug. 28 given the current wildfire situation and evacuation.
“I have no belief we will be able to start school on time,” Jameel Aziz, the CEO of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 (YK1), the city’s largest school board, told CBC News on Sunday afternoon.
YK1 teaches junior kindergarten to Grade 12 and has a student population of about 2,200.
Wildfires in the Northwest Territories have triggered evacuation orders not only in Yellowknife but also the communities of Ndilo, Dettah, Fort Smith, Enterprise, Hay River, Kátł’odeeche First Nation, Kakisa and Jean Marie River.
École Allain St-Cyr in Yellowknife
