SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 43 (COQUITLAM)

8830 POIRIER ST.
COQUITLAM, B.C.

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March 30, 1973 : i

APR ~ 9 1973

Mr. ReA. Freeman, City Clerk

Corporation of the City of Port Coquitlam
2272 McAllister Avenue

Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Dear Mr. Freeman:

Your letter of March &th regarding attendance and other arrangements for
the Cedar Drive Elementary School was considered by the Board at its last
meeting.

The Board feel that they would like to clarify item one in your letter
regarding thirty-eight. pupils from Cedar Drive being transferred to James
Park Elementary School in September of 1973. To accomplish this the Board
is changing the attendance boundary for the Cedar Drive and James Park
Elementary Schools effective September, 1973. It is not the intention of
the Board that pupils affected will be transported to James Park Elementary
School. The charge will come about by an attendance boundary change, and

it is the view of the Board that this is reasonable because of the relatively
Little extra distance that the pupils will have to travel to James Park as
Opposed to Cedar Drive.

With regard to item two, the possibility of constructing an addition to
Cedar Drive, the Board feel that an application which has already been made .
to the Devartment of Education to construct a new school on the Lincoln Site
would, if approved, negate the need for an addition to the Cedar Drive Elem
entary School at this time. The construction of the Lincoln School is a
better solution than to enlarge the Cedar Drive Elementary School end reduce
the size of the proposed new Lincoln School.

The Board appreciate the City's offer as recited in number three of your
letter, that is an offer of support in obtaining Provincial Government
approval of construction of a school on the Lincoln Site by September, 1974.

In this connection the Board feel you should know that the Chairman ‘of the
Board has discussed this matter with the Hinister of Education and this dis«
cussion has been fadlowed up with a letter fror the Moard to the Devartment
requesting that the Department authorize the Board to proceed immediately
with the plans for the construction of the new school on the Lincoln Site.

PHONE 038-9201