POCO "HAPPY TIMES"
Parent Participation Pre-School

1625 Western Drive,
Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3C 2x1/
Pebruary 5, 1976. °

Mayor Jack Campbell
and Council,

City Hall,

2272 McAllister,

Port Coquitlam, B.C,

Gentlemen;

PoCo "Happy Times” Pre-School is in the
process of looking for new premises. We ere
inquiring into the possibility of our using the
Public Library building in Leigh Square when it is
vacated.

We were informed last May by Southside
Baptist Church, where we are presently situnted,
that our lease would not be renewed after this
year. Upon receiving that information our
Premises Committee immediately began investigeting
every conceivable possibility for re-location. To
date, we have had no success.

It was in 1972 that.a group of parents
first started organizing our pre~school. After a
lot of hard work, which included building
equipment, raising funds, finding a teacher and
location, etc. the school opened in 1973. Since
that time we have operated at full capacity, with
large waiting lists each year. The need for pre=
schools in Port Coquitlam is very evident.

Mayor Jack Campbell and Council,
February 5, 1976,
page 2.

Our pre-school is non-profit and parent-
participating. We have a fully-yualified,
licenced teacher and two parent-helpers with her
each day. Our enrolment consists of fifteen
three~year-olds and cighteen fuureyear-olds. Our
hours of operation this year have been as follows:

three-year-olds ~ Mondays and Thursdays
9:30 - 11:30
four-year-olds ~ Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Pridays
9:15 ~ 11:30
These hours, of course, could be altered to suit
the situation,

We do not need to occupy new premises
immediately, but we do have to know very soon
whether premises are avuilable for September so
that we can renew our teacher's contract and begin
next year's enrolment.

After having such support and expressed
need from the people of this community for a
service such as our pre-school provides, it would,
indced, be a shame if it were allowed to dissolve.
Especially, since only at a later date would
another group of concerned parents repeat the
process and begin anew what we have already
accomplished. This, then, is the reason for our
request to you. We are running out of time if we
are to continue in September.

Naturally, I can only briefly describe
our pre-school and its needs to you in a letter,
but the Premises Committee of PoUo "Happy Times”
Pre-School would be more than pleased to enlarge