TORONTO — The Toronto District School Board says it is halting a construction project at a downtown school after a piece of scaffolding fell on a student.

The school board says the incident happened Monday outside Palmerston Avenue Junior Public School, near Bathurst St. and Bloor St. W., when a piece of construction material fell and hit a young girl.

Board spokesman Ryan Bird says the student was taken for medical assessment and will be fine.

He says school staff moved students to a separate building as a precaution until the scaffolding could be checked.

Bird says work on the project has been paused until the board is certain “it can resume safely.”