31 cool photos of our new high school. One crappy one

It's one cold, heartless winter.

Especially if you work in construction.

And the plumbing has yet to be installed in whatever you're working on.

And you have to skulk outside to a porta-potty with seats so cold you risk getting polaroids!

Rather than allowing builders of the new St. Mary's College to suffer dorsal frigimortis in the current cold snap, the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board has mercifully moved its honey buckets to just inside the loading dock in the receiving area.

Toasty-warm buttercups are happy buttercups, and happy was the operative word Saturday afternoon as school board trustees and staff toured Sault Ste. Marie's newest high school.

Parts of tbe building are expected to be substantially completed and will be occupied in June or July, John Stadnyk, director of education, Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board, told SooToday.

The school must be fully prepared for use by the start of school in September of this year.

When land acquistion and other expenses are added to construction costs, total value of the project will be more than $50 million, said Sault Ste. Marie MPP David Orazietti.

The new St. Mary's College is built for 1,400 students.

Enrolment is expected to be around 1,200 this fall, plus more than 100 students who will be linked to the school through co-op programs and field placements.

"We're hoping that before too long, the school wil be at capacity - 1,400," Stadnyk said.