Parents and students in the north end of Halifax who have been waiting five years for a new elementary school to be built are still waiting.

St. Joseph’s-Alexander McKay Elementary was initially set to open in 2023. The project was delayed until September of this year, but it’s still not finished.

“The lack of communication has been very frustrating,” said parent Paul Lenarczyk.

He and other families are calling for more transparency. He says they’ve been living in limbo since 2021, when they were first told their old school would be demolished and a replacement would be built.

“The community in general hasn’t had very much information at all from either the province or the (Halifax Regional Centre for Education). They all seem to be passing the buck,” he said.

Since the former school

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