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School complaint wrong

Dear Cditor:

Your article in the Sunday, Feb,
4. North Shore News (Blueridge
Playground To Travel Following
Protest) shocks mie ind odier par-
ents of students ar Blueridge
school, We tad learied of this rela
cation of the playground equipment
atamecting on Feb, 0,

T cannot understand where the
Narth Vancouver Sehoul Howrd
INVSB) can find $8400 to relocate
this playground equipnicat because
of one couple complaining about
the location,

1 feel there are a fot of other tax-
payers who would be appalled to
know that money was being spent
to relocate playground equipment
because of noise from school chil-
dren and teenagers hanging around
there.

Location has always been a very
important point to remember whea
buying a house.

They bought a house next io an
elementary school, and they cither
five with that decision or they
move.

We live next-to Blueridge Park
and put up with a fot of usital park

orth Shore News

ise ts Well as dratthen tecaigers.
littering and rowdiness, but that is
the focabon of the property and we
hive Jived with that decision, not
that we agree with che aristise OF die
park,

The Blueridge school pargats
have worked hard to raise finds for
this playground equipment and to
buy computers, musica) iistru-
ments, ete. for our children as the
school board does not have the
funds to pay for these very impor:
fant lems, But the school board
suddenly turns around and spends
thousands of taxpayers’ dollars to
move our playground equipment
because of one complaint.

Will this be the end of it or will
all other residents in the district
who live next door to a school
decide they don't like play struc-
jures near their property and
request the NVSB to relocate it.
What's to stop other residents from
getting a fair deal, too?

Other residents fiving near a
park with play structures that are
too high or encourage noise or
beckon teenagers to hang around
should also get a fair deal from the

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