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A preliminary’ report on»
traffic in ‘the’ area of the
“proposed. "development - by...

staff“: was -
“‘received’” by council : sO. that |

‘the public could: eaey it. os

ut Brea, and Licenses

Frank Morris denies that any —

approach was ever made for .
Special. consideration: to. be
“given to.overcome the bylaw -
-or that he. was. even told the |
"school was to. close so soon.

: The. car park is the site of
“three. new portable class-—
‘fooms designed to ease the
- load. on’ the school’s inade-
“quate facilities: by accommo-

dating 90 pupils.

North. Van School Board
“had. wanted them installed by ©

‘last fall but zoning hassles .

_ Bet a stop tothat..-:,

“And even though. the
- school is condemned and the |
-whole idea. of . portable
‘classrooms was to keep costs
to.a minimum, still the city

stuck firm to the condition

that the car park should be

| paved, says the school board.

Schools superintendent
_ Dr. Rod Wickstrom recalls:

’ “I remember we. were p

retty
_ annoyed at the time but there
were no steps we could take ©
to get around that.” |

“The. difficulty arose
because of a bylaw the city
: introduced. in -1967- whereby
gravel. car ‘parks had to be -
, surfaced = for ss building |
improvements - at the same |

location to be approved.

Wickstrom. says: ‘“‘We -
‘wish we could have gotten .

around that and we made a

, specific effort to get city hall:

‘to bypass city bylaws on that.”

but we weren't successful."’.

But. according. to Mortis, .
“that just was not so. “They -
didn’t make us aware of that .
or ‘ask us: for
tion in bylaws with any
mention of Phasing out,”” he |

, Says.

“They y did't convey their
_ immediate intent to us and |
“we've heart of phasing out’

‘pality.. to “support: Geordie |
‘Tocher’s bid to sail to Hawaii

that matters. ‘most =

‘tional. ‘Haida ‘canoe the:

‘depart ‘from ‘Vancouver May.
13 in an effort to. prove an
historic .
Hawaiians and the B. Cc. coast

7 "moved to “match

| . Wickstrom thinks he made _

- Principal Bob Payne_ says:

any considera- .

-a Indian canoe in| the way”
hard cash. Des

| Tocher, a West Vancouver
resident, has: built. a. tradi-

and plans. to!

link. ‘between. the
Andians. ’ .

- Cyc council had originally
grants.
Sought by Tocher: from ‘North.
' Vancouver District and ‘West.
- Vancouver. - ‘Meanwhile,
‘however, District council.
turned down Tocher’ s appli-
“cation. re

Oa. Monday City. council
‘rescinded its previous motion
and voted to.go it alone by.
authorizing an unconditional -
- grant of $400. to Tocher --.~
‘although. Alderman Gordon -
“Cross expressed. disappoint--
‘ment that. money for the.
“venture had not been forth-_
coming. from” the Coptein: :
Cook Fund. : oa

~

- this schooi for over a dozen’
“years.
“t don't kuow whether Dr.
‘that attempt. (to overcome _
‘the ‘bylaw obstacle) and I. -
‘wouldn’t .wish to comment —
further without ‘speaking to ©
“Dr. Wickstrom. about it.””.
- The official death sentence :
was passed on the school last
week when the school board
formally ratified its decision. -
to close the: school by June :
. Mext-years |: ° ae
~ The: board had’ wanted to
update the school’s facilities.
‘for use through. to grade 12.
' but:this.was refused by the
' Ministry of Education.

Says © Wickstrom: “The
. ministry wouldn’t let us carry
‘ out-any major: improvements a
’ but allowed us’ some money | —
to paint classrooms and put.
“in portables.”’ .

‘The idea of having port-
ables, he said, was ‘to keep
outlay to a minimum i in view
_ Of the short time the school
* has left. |

North.:Van High School

| “Pd have preferred. just to .
» have those portables going in
- there (without the. surfacing) vt
| because ‘any money they .&
‘used could have been ‘spent °. §

-on ‘improving . the ‘teaching 7 o

"facilities here.” ; ;

In as much ‘as the school.
“building could possibly used:
“as another educational insti-:
~, tution, its future fate has not
: been determined; Payne says
_ there might be a use for the

car park: when the school .
* closes.

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Even. so, he says of the |
"situation of the portable §
* classtooms_ tequiting a cor. &
park: “would igtoe there’ is _
a lot of red tapé.”"* |

. There was some bending. .
“of the requirements,. he said,
ia that the portables have
* been in use for some months, .
on the condition that the car:
patk would “be surfaced,
', Whereas the paving is just in,
its final stages this week. "

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