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Your Weekly Clover Valley Newspaper May 23, 2013 ❖ www.CloverdaleReporter.com ❖ 604-575-2405
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What a week!
PHOTOS BY JIM KINNEAR AND JENNIFER LANG
Left, a bronc rider soars at the 67th annual Cloverdale Rodeo and 125th Country Fair, running in style, centre, in the annual bed races, while a young visitor, right, is ready for another chili cook-off sample.
See inside for more photos from the Cloverdale Rodeo Parade (page 16), the Cloverdale Bed Races (page 4) and 16th Annual Chili Cook-off (page 15). Plus, provincial election results (page 3).
Cramped school woes prompt meeting
By Jennifer Lang North Cloverdale residents with toddlers or teens were invited to join a meeting Tuesday night between parents at Adams Road Elementary, City of Surrey and School District 36 officials to discuss the speed of residential development, lack of community resources and school overcrowding in their neighbourhood. The meeting was organized by the Adams Road Parent Advisory Council, with the help of city councillor Barinder Rasode, who was to be one of the speakers at the meeting, which took place after our press deadline.
Jean Lamontagne, general manager of planning and development for the city of Surrey, was also expected to attend. Organizers were also hoping to line up someone from the Surrey School District to the meeting, held in the Adams Road Elementary gym. “The speed of development in our area is out-pacing the speed of community resources, including community centres, pools, libraries and parks,” Adams Road PAC copresident Jennifer Cocks said, adding parents and members of the school community are concerned about the pace of development in their neighbourhood.
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“The are 130 new homes going in,” she said. “All of the development permits are up and some of the ground is broken.” Adams Road Elementary opened in 2011 with 236 children but has already grown to 430 students, spilling out into six portables. With a projected enrollment of 500 students to squeeze in this fall, the school will require at least 10 portables. “Why are we pushing ahead with development when there’s physically no room for them at school?” Cocks wondered. Adams Road Elementary, located at 18228 68 Avenue, is in line for a school addition of eight new classrooms, but Cook
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fears that will have to wait until the new Kaztie Elementary and a new high school are built in the Clayton neighbourhood. The Adams Road PAC wants the school district to install a permanent pod of portables, including extra washroom facilities and multipurpose classroom space. Tuesday’s meeting, she said, would be an opportunity for the school board and the city to answer questions, speak to concerns and let residents know what is planned. “We hope to get information on what the parents can do. We’re all willing to help out, and get involved, just tell us what we need to do. We don’t want to be confrontational.”
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