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Crews were still hard at work this week putting the finishing touches on New Westminster’s newest school, Qayqayt elementary.
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It’s what’s on the inside that counts. That philosophy may apply to New Westminster school district students, but it’s also the practical case when it comes to the new Qayqayt elementary. There’s plenty of work to be done on the school’s grounds and exterior, but the district was
anticipating obtaining an occupancy will not be ready, but they’re not permit from the city Friday. An scheduled to open until January. initial inspection Tuesday revealed Although Yellowridge Design Build some work still needed to be done construction crews continue to before the district could take crawl all over the complex, over. Templeton said they’ve still “The desks and stuff are all got five or six days to finish it set up, the whole nine yards,” all off in time for the first day said district facilities and of school on Tuesday. operations director Doug “We’re not foreseeing any gAiptmAn Templeton on Wednesday. obstacles at this point, not “The classroom and office to say something couldn’t end of it is complete.” happen. We think we’ve got it where He said the Neighbourhood it needs to be,” said Templeton. Learning Centre and community That, of course, is pending picket day care part of the building lines.
New Westminster Teachers’ Union president Grant Osborne said its executive agreed in June to not picket construction sites. But an occupancy permit may change that designation to being an active school. “That’s something we’ll have to go back to the executive to talk about,” said Osborne. “It’s all happening pretty quickly.” Initial pickets were set up at New Westminster secondary and the school board office Tuesday. Please see ‘we’re not pArt of the discussion’, A12
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A tight timeline might have to be loosened for a Vancouver Whitecaps development team to play in Queen’s Park Stadium in 2015. Acting mayor Jonathan Coté said he is concerned the Sept. 15 deadline won’t be enough time for the city to do its due diligence. He made the comments a day after listening to 21 speakers oppose the idea during Monday’s council meeting. “The residents that came raised a lot of legitimate concerns regarding the proposal. The reality is there’s a lot of information that council needs and the public needs to be able to evaluate whether or not it is good for New Westminster,” said Coté on Tuesday. “There are still many, many questions that need to be answered mainly regarding the financial details of this type of project.” In July, the city and the Whitecaps signed a memorandum of understanding to work toward converting the stadium into a socceronly facility capable of holding at least 3,500 spectators. see usL deAdLine, A8