Students at Brookside Junior High in Nova Scotia were told they won’t have to travel to different schools to start the year on Saturday.
The decision comes after the school suffered a major mould problem that forced the Halifax Regional School Board to delay the school’s opening for at least a week.
"I’m glad that they found it before they went to school because that would have been a huge concern," said parent Tammy Dunlop-Caya.
Staff noticed the mould when they went back to work after the summer break. The school board says students won’t go back to class until at least Thursday.
Parents were told last week students to attend nearby schools on Tuesday and Wednesday. But after consultation, the school board decided there would be too high an impact on other schools.
Dunlop-Caya is happy with the decision.
"Have them go back to their environment that they're used to and have the first day at their school," she said.
School board officials say safety is their top priority and significant progress has been made.
"We’re now to the point where mould remediation is done,” said Doug Hadley of the Halifax Regional School Board. “We're ready to do air testing and we're ready to start putting the school back together."
The school board says school days will not be added to the calendar to make up for missed time.
With files from CTV Atlantic’s Suzette Belliveau.
