Damage caused by a fire at Unity Composite High School turned out to be more extensive than expected for Living Sky School Division.
The fire happened March 9. According to the high school’s Facebook page, it had started in a washroom on the upstairs level in the morning. Students were evacuated and the fire department was called in to extinguish the fire.
At the time, the damage was considered minor. But the school division’s chief financial officer Lonny Darroch reported the smoke damage was more extensive than he had first thought.
“When you think the damage isn’t very extensive it usually turns out to be more extensive than you thought,” said Darroch.
He provided Living Sky School Board with a contractors’ report which laid out the work needing to be done. The cost of fixing the school is estimated at around $125,000, Darroch reported.
The plan is to get the work completed by Easter break. Darroch also notes there is some plumbing work that needs to be done at the washrooms by the subcontractor and they will be on site prior to the Easter break.
