Tch Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty says he is disappointed with the lack of communication from the government of the Northwest Territories after a planned renovation of Chief Jimmy Bruneau School was dropped from the territorys recent capital budget.

A Northwest Territories judge began to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that centres on treaty rights and the best approach to conserve caribou.

The report by the N.W.T.'s Department of Education, Culture and Employment raises a number of concerns including declining kindergarten enrolment and negative trends in student well-being and development and paints a bleak picture moving forward.