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Manitoba's Public Schools Finance Board has agreed to foot the bill to replace a leaky portion of the roof at McIsaac School Ecole McIsaac. The project will replace the portion of the roof above the second floor, home to grade 3, 4 and 5 classrooms. "The roof has been leaking," said Superintendent of Schools Blaine Veitch. "The Public Schools Finance Board is responsible for maintaining the structure of the buildings, and this is something we've been asking for for a period of years." The funding is contingent on the project being tendered by the end of next month. Veitch hopes the project will be completed over the summer. The superintendent estimated the roof above the second floor represents between 30 and 40 per cent of the total roof at the school. Costs estimates for the project are not yet known. He isn't aware of any major roof work taking place at the school since it opened in the 1970s. New facility Meanwhile, Veitch hopes the Public Schools Finance Board will also oblige the school division's request to pay for the construction of a new vocational training facility. The current facility, based in a garage at Many Faces Education Centre, is simply too small for its purpose, in the superintendent's view. As such, the school division plans to apply for funding this year for a new facility, which would cost in the neighbourhood of $250,000. See 'The' P.# Con't from P.# "I think the need is evident," said Veitch. "The program has been successful with making due with the facility we presently have. However, we would like to offer a more complete program with an appropriate facility. Other school divisions of our size have much better vocational training facilities than we presently have, and I think it's only fair that we be provided with the same facilities." The superintendent said no location has been finalized for the potential facility. Like the garage at Many Faces, this new facility would be shared by Hapnot Collegiate and Many Faces students enrolled in automechanics and courses in related trades. Approximately 60 students take those courses each year. The school division has applied for funding for a new vocational facility at least three times in the past and been denied each time.
