Grand opening for new Red Sucker Lake school

Red Sucker Lake First Nation now has a second school.

A grand opening for the new Grade 7 to 12 school was held Tuesday. Renovations at the existing kindergarten to Grade 12 school, which is now for kindergarten to Grade 6 students only, were completed in March. That work included reworking the electrical and mechanical systems, and adding four new classrooms.

Indigenous Services Canada spent $89 million on the entire project, which included construction of the new 2,811-square-metre facility and surrounding infrastructure, the renovation of the first school and 11 new facilities to house teachers.

Red Sucker Lake First Nation is an Anishininew community located more than 700 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg. It has about 1,200 members, with approximately 960 living there.