THUNDER BAY -- An asbestos discovery inside Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School has left staff and students without the use of several classrooms.
According to Principal Jonathan Kakegamic, the discovery was made a couple weeks ago, in the ceiling tiles of one of the school's computer labs.
He says the room in question was immediately closed off to staff and students, but now, on the advice of a consultant, school officials have closed off the entire academic wing of the building.
That includes 10 classrooms.
Kakegamic notes, however, that no classes have been cancelled. They're simply being held in other areas of the school.
He expects things to be back to normal by early next week.
Kakegamic adds there was talk of closing the school entirely, but ultimately that was deemed unnecessary.
Chiefs of the students' home communities have been notified of the discovery.
(Thunder Bay Television)
