News TheReview Wednesday, January 30,1991 — A4 New sites selected for middle school by Glenn Werkman The Review The Saanich School District is proceeding with negotiations on two sites in the southem area of Central Saanich to build a new middle school to replace Mt. New- ton. Board chairman Marilyn Love- less is hopeful that the board can announce the specific site location next week, following a Thursday meeting with native Indian repre- sentatives and other meetings with Central Saanich council and the province’s Agricultural Land Commission. “We are hopeful that very soon we can announce the specific site,” Loveless said. The board has given up efforts Teacher contract negotiations going slowly but surely Negotiations between the Saa- nich School District and the Saa- nich Teachers Association are going slowly but surely, school board chairman Marilyn Loveless said Tuesday. “Progress is being made and as long as everyone has a reasonable expectation of what is fair, and what is a reasonable burden for the taxpayer, then we can achieve a settlement,” she said. Teachers’ Association president Vincenza Cameron was similarly ° optimistic. “We signed off a few more clauses last week and at this moment things are moving,” Cam- eron said. The two parties are not at the salary negotiating stage yet but the are looking forward to more posi- tive negotiations. Cameron said the association is pleased school board trustee Ann Johnston 1s a new representative at the bargaining table. Negotiations were scheduled to resume today. Stolen signs Twelve stolen street signs valued at over $700 were found in a vehicle stopped during a routine check on Keating Crossroad, about 1:46 a.m. Jan. 16, Central Saanich police said. Two 19-year-old Victoria men have been charged with possession of stolen property and theft. The signs have been returned to the municipality of Saanich. to build the new $10.3 million middle school on the Gowdy Road site it owns, after it became the subject of an apparent site-specific native land claim. “The board will pursue com- pensation on the disputed site but will not build on that site,” she said. Loveless said a packed public meeting at Stelly’s Secondary School Jan. 21 went better than a Jan. 14 school board meeting because “we were able to make a presentation and answer questions in an orderly fashion.” Saanich and The Islands MLA and provincial Finance Minister Mel Couvelier assured the board that “bridge” financing is availa- ble so construction of the new middle school can start as soon as possible. The school board is moving as fast as possible on the new sites, but several barriers have yet to be crossed, Loveless said. “The site seems to serve our long term population projections,” she said. However, a resolution is required from Central Saanich council supporting the board’s application to build on the agricul- tural land reserve. “There is no suitable land out- side the land reserve,” Loveless said. Before construction can begin, the new site will also be the subject of a public hearing and will require Ministry of Education approval, which could take up to Clive TANNER Liberal Candidate for Saanich North & The Islands Be part of the campaign team that will elect Clive Tanner to the Provincial Legislature! 656-1687 E THE LATCH RESTAURANT’S Sundown Menu Continues ... Now In It’s 4th Year A Complete 4 Course Meal Soup & Salad with Your Choice of 6 Different Entrees and Dessert with Coffee or Tea $12.95 AVAILABLE EVERYDAY EXCEPT SATURDAY From 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Luncheon from 12 Noon 2328 Harbour Rd., =| DINING 7 NIGHTS A WEEK Sidney 656-6622 Seah three or four months, she said. Originally scheduled for com- pletion by September 1991, the target date for opening a new | middle school has now been set at September 1992, but the district will do everything in its power to move the target date forward, Loveless said. The past few weeks have been trying for the school district, Love- less said. “Building a new school is high- est on the priority list for Central Saanich but the world situation has made everyone’s nerves raw,”’ She said. ~ All our board meetings have been aggressive and confrontation- al, not problem-solving,” Loveless said. Touch ano of Class “WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO” “It’s astounding to me that peo- ple perceive the board acting improperly,” she said. “We are not wasting any time. 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