There was no battle. In 1988, the new Yukon Languages Act was passed. Starting in 1984, with the new Constitution, a lot of pressure was applied in the territories.
In 1988, the Yukon Languages Act was passed. Immediately afterwards, in 1990, the government passed a new Education Act providing for the creation of school boards.
Francophones immediately said that they were interested, but implementation was extremely complex because no one really knew how it could work here. So, there was no real battle, but it did take quite some time to set up the school board. It took five years following passage of the new Education Act to secure the school board.