Ministers to participate in sod turning ceremony for new school in Cartwright
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Elvis Loveless and Minister of Labrador Affairs and MHA for Cartwright – L’Anse au Clair Lisa Dempster will participate in a sod-turning ceremony for the new K-12 school in Cartwright today.
The event will take place at the site of the new school beginning at 1:00 p.m.
The contract valued at $38.4 million was awarded to JMJ Holdings Limited for the new school, which will replace the existing Henry Gordon Academy, which opened in 1969.
The contract includes a three-phased approach, which includes the construction of a new K-12 school with housing for teachers, a community library, a pre-kindergarten space and gym, abatement and demolition of the existing school, and development of a new parking lot, as well as a field for play and sports in the area of the old school.