Al2 _Weangday, Tune 3, 1981

By PAT RICH

North Vancouver District council is split over the issue of whether to allow a cluster housing project in the Laura Lynn area to procede.

- North Shore News

The time of reckoning for

the project comes next week when council decides whether to give second and

further readings to the bylaw

allowing the development. At. a recent pub hearing, neighbors ex- pressed concerns about the ‘project and council decided

AT HOLLYBURN SCHOOL

Parents’ protest pays off

Protesting does pay off — asa group.of West Vancouver: - parents discovered last week.

About 20 people attended the ‘local ‘school - board mecting Monday to protest the possible scrapping. ‘Of a. pre-school: program” at -Hollyburn Elementary School.

And Tuesday morning the Chelsea Housé Parents” Association was “informed | ‘that the school was not being’ moved, at least for another © year.

The controversy ap- parently grew over -. the - weekend | ‘when parents, whose “pre-school aged ~ children attend ~ Chelsea House © @ “Private schoot

‘Regular $16.98

leasing space at Hollyburn), heard that enrolment «might force Chelsea House to re-locate.

The-. dare | occurance ‘of increasing enrolment at

‘Hollyburn was attributed to

(the popular’ French Im-

“mersion program.

The..association urged the

‘board not to move the pre- . ‘school to _ Student

avoid staff and disruptions, but “move the offices used by staff and a parents’ group ~ instead.

Board chairman Lillian Thiersch said that their concerns. were. appreciated but cautioned that they were based on misinformation ‘rooted in gossip, not fact.

Thiersch said ‘that if any

increasing :

to ‘nefer the matter to

Monday’: 's policy and planning committee meeting for more discussion.

At stake is the issue of whether the 24-unit cluster

housing. project. is: better than a conventional 17-unit. ©

single-family subdivision.’ ° A major planning study

changes were contemplated, the parents would be con- sulted.

native for the site.

prepaicd for. ‘the District recommends acceptance of the cluster housing project. This study impressed a number of aldermen with its thoroughness and its con- clusions.

“I feel better about the Pp now than I did earlier,” Alderman Jim Ball

said, noting that from the’

report it appeared as if the cluster housing would be

better “for the welfare of the neighbors.”

Alderman John Lakes said it appeared cluster housing was the only viable alter-

And they were. District © schools =. superintendent Ed Carlin.

called association member - Janet Berg Tuesday morning . to say that Chelsea House ; was staying at Hollyburn’ school — least.

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away from this (the cluster

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“The best possible way to ~ ‘go would be to go with the 24 with .the various

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