In fact, the infrastructure that has been built is too small. A new school was built for the École des Pionniers-de-Maillardville, which used to have approximately 390 students. The new building is supposed to be able to accommodate 560. We were told that was enough, that we would have so much space we'd get lost and that we could provide child care and preschool services there. However, the school opened in April and there were already 640 students. There will be 700 in September.
Consequently, there are four portable classrooms at a new school, which creates pressure. We are trying to be creative in providing early childhood services, but this is a tangible example that is popping up across the province because, in a way, we are victims of our own success. The more our schools succeed, the more people they attract and the fewer spaces we have for early childhood pupils, which creates problems. When people begin their education elsewhere, it's much harder for them to enter francophone schools.
In short, we need schools that are large enough to accommodate all students, from early childhood to grade 12 and graduation. Furthermore, we've been told that not enough students graduate, but that's because we don't have the necessary infrastructure to provide secondary instruction. That's why there are a lot of schools in the province where instruction doesn't go beyond grade 7.