The Director of Education for the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board says safety was never compromised at the schools in Upsala and Savant Lake.
Sean Monteith is reacting after the Board was fined 15-grand for violations under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Monteith says the government is taking money out of the classroom and is putting right in the pocket of the Ministry of Environment.
Officials say they corrected the problems right away and in one case even notified the province on one of the issues.