École Whitehorse Elementary School will be replaced with a new school beside Takhini Elementary School on Range Road, Yukon government officials said Friday. Construction could begin in 2023.
Yukon will soon have a First Nations school board, which supporters say will give them a greater say over education matters with the territorial government.
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VANCOUVER — Parents at eight schools in Yukon are voting on a proposal that could put the control of education for their children in the hands of the territory's Indigenous bands, the result of an effort that one official says began almost 50 years ago.