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Burrard View reject new -

school” and “Residents Cool.

to New School” misrepresent ~
the eyents that occurred and —

the” general sentiment of
Deep Cove residents.

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By my count, speakers for

and against the school were

about evenly divided. Your
reporter may have been
misled by the fact that

‘several opponents of the

school spoke 3 or 4 times

-and persistantly interrupted.

and harangued proponents

_Of the school, despite the

efforts of the
keep order. -

chairman to

runner up.

-school, .

Rhetoric aside, the

‘Community of Deep Cove

desperately needs a new
Burrard .. View
School is a disgrace to any
responsible community.
Despite the assiduous efforts

of teachers and parents, it”
has. proved impossible to.

Bive . children the
educational environment
they need and deserve. More
critically, the. school is
unsafe. It is - officially
(I.C.B.C.) designated as a

firetrap and its location on a.

busy. through street has
contributed to: two serious
traffic accidents involving
students in the past year.

‘new

future

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o Renovation _of ‘Burrard

View would cost from
$600,000 to $900,000 and
would not solve the traffic
accident risk. We are left.

with the only sane. alter- .

native - construction of the
y. school and the.
demolition of Burrard View.
Unlike’ most. - political
decisions, this is the
cheapest course of action for
taxpayers. The cost of $1.3.
million is partially offset by -
$500,000 from the sale of the
Burrard View land plus
taxes' from = the
residential units to be. built
of $40,000 to $50,000 per
year.

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renovation would -cost -as
much .as $900,000 with no
off-setting .revenue ‘from
land.sales and taxes since the
‘Cove Cliff property will
revert to sports field use if
the new school is not built.
Cove Cliff will: give‘Deep —
Cove two -new- -efficient —
schools for students: from —
Kindergarten to high school
graduation. This can only be
an asset to the whole
‘community ‘and improve
property values for everyone *
- including ‘those few
militant, noisy protestors.
° Michael V. Holt __
North Vancouver ‘| .

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