{"id":265467,"date":"2026-08-14T19:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265467\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T19:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:15:30","slug":"no-delay-to-start-of-school-year-after-bethlehem-high-school-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265467\/","title":{"rendered":"No delay to start of school year after Bethlehem high school fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fire at Bethlehem Catholic High School a week ago<\/a> is not extinguishing plans for students to be back in class as scheduled next month.<\/p>\n

Diane Boyko, board chair for Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, said plans for students returning to the classroom are proceeding as usual. She said staff will return on Aug. 25 and students will follow on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEverything is as normal,\u201d she shared. \u201cWe\u2019ve had our staff working really hard to take a look at the scheduling that needs to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boyko said the school division is grateful for the quick response from the Saskatoon Fire Department, \u201cbecause it could have been a lot worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they mitigated a lot of things that could have happened just because of how quick that they were on the scene in the main area of the building,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just so grateful for them for the professionalism that they exhibited\u2026 and also all of the people that are helping at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools says there won\u2019t be any delays to the start of the school year after a blaze at Bethlehem Catholic High School on Aug. 7, 2026. (Roman Hayter\/650 CKOM)<\/p>\n

The school suffered smoke and water damage as a result of the fire. Boyko said Saskatoon Fire and Flood has been at their building, as well as staff, helping to clean the main area, which she said is \u201call good to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Boyko, four portable classrooms that were being built at the school were completely destroyed in the fire. She called them \u201ca total write-off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twenty-two other portables were in the vicinity, and some sustained damage from the fire, as well as smoke and water damage. Boyko said assessors will determine what next steps are required, and whether those units will need to be refurbished or rebuilt.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of that still remains to be seen until all the inspections are done,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n

Boyko said she expects to learn how much of the damage will be covered by insurance within the next week or two.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a real community effort, I guess I would say, and we\u2019re just thankful for everyone for doing their part in a circumstance that isn\u2019t ideal,\u201d Boyko said.<\/p>\n

The school isn\u2019t in need of any donations, as Boyko said the costs are \u201call basically covered.\u201d<\/p>\n

While there have been some online fundraising efforts for the school in the wake of the fire, Boyko said the concerns are appreciated. The school division is not, however, endorsing or verifying any fundraising efforts outside of the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools Foundation Inc., she noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fire at Bethlehem Catholic High School a week ago is not extinguishing plans for students to be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-265467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}