May 31, 198% News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

$1.7m_reserved for NVD

Two NEW

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THE PROVINCIAL government is expected to announce
Thursday approval of approximately $7.7 million. for site
allocation and construction of two new clementary schools -
in North Vancouver's School District 44. «

\\ Board - chairman | Marg Jessup
said Monday approximately $1.7
million has been approved by the
government: for site acquisition
and planning for schools in. the
Indian River and Cove Cliff areas
of Deep Cove.

‘t's very exciting...at long last
we will be abic to proceed,"* Jessup
said. ‘‘There is a tremendous need
in the’area."*

She added that the district has
been trying to. finalize the Cove
Cliff school since the early ‘70s

and credited‘arca parents and the |

community itself for tireless work

‘NORTH Vancouver, School
District #44-board chairman Marg ,
Jessup...‘ ‘There Is a’ tremendous.
need in the area.”’ :

in lobbying for the schools. :
Though provincial approval of
the remainder of the funds had not
been announced to. press. time
Wednesday, District -44 School

> Superintendent Dr. Leo Marshall

said completion. dates for the
Schools had been set by the pro-
vince, “‘so I think it’s safe to. say
= we,can expect the balance over the
next couple of years.’’

The Indian River school, which
will be located in the new Indian
River residential area and include

_> kindergarten through to Grade 7,

will be completed by September
1989 at an estimated ‘cost of $4.9
million. oo

By MICHAEL BECKER AND
TIMOTHY RENSHAW
» News Reporters '

Site acquisition and planning
costs for the school are estimated
at $1.6 millian,

The Indian River) community
currently representing just over 600

homes, will atmost double in size |

over the next four years to include
approxiinately 1,300 homes, ac-
cording to: North Vancouver
District's community plan! ,
Marshall” said .the .school will
have an enrolment of between 400
and 450 students and will include a
French immersion program,
Approximately 300 of Indian
River's students will come directly
from Sherwood Park Elementary,
presently the only French imme
sion centre cast of the Séymois
River. The elementary; schools:

designed to accommodate a max-
imum ‘443 students, is currently -

drawing a third of “its students
from the Indian River’ area, The
school is bursting at the seams with
510 students partially. housed in

_ four portable classrooms.

.Sessup said the school district

' will also receive $130,000 for Cove

Cliff school site. planning. A dele-

gation representing Seymour resi-

dents, school officials and_politi-
cians’ had asked Education
“Minister. Tony Brummett -in
December to release $30,000 for
site planning this year.

An additional $2.7 million will
be allotted the district over the
next fiscal year for construction of
the school, which is scheduled to

“be completed by September 1990,

It, too, will include kindergarten
to Grade 7 classes.

Enrolment at the new: elemen-
tary school will be appro-timately
300 students.

The school district has acquired
approximately four. acres for the
Cove Cliff school at its Raeburn:
Street and Cove Cliff Road site.

‘Jessup said the school district

still needs to negotiate the acquisi-
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