[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Ice_Weasel

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...856/story.html

"The CBE’s report to trustees says any insurance settlement can only be used to replace the Elbow Park facility."

From the same article:

John Deausy, chairman of the Urban Schools Insurance Consortium that covers CBE properties and those of 13 other Alberta school districts, says their policy wording allows boards to use any proceeds to renovate, rebuild at the existing site or to construct a facility on another property

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So they could use the money to add capacity at other schools in the area to accomodate the displaced children, and/or build somewhere else such as following their "most needed" list from their capital plan.

I don't have a dog in this fight, since I don't live in this neighbourhood and my neighbourhood has a school, but this seems like a pretty big waste of money to me, and inefficiency annoys me as a taxpayer.