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Two-week spring break in place to 2017
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First-time home buyers in Metro Vancouver expect to spend $506,500 on average and many anticipate financial help from parents or relatives, according to a Bank of Montreal survey. It found 40 per cent of Metro Vancouver respondents expect to lean on the “bank of Mom and Dad” to crack the high-priced market here, compared to 30 per cent in the rest of Canada. The average expected firsttime home cost nation-wide was $316,100 and $430,300 in B.C. as a whole. At least 60 per cent of the expected new home buyers surveyed earlier this year said they’d made lifestyle cutbacks to save for their down payment. A majority also said their home-buying timeline has been delayed, with many of them reporting that’s because of rising real estate prices.
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days add up to a savings of at least $500,000 for the school district. Spring break will be March 9-20 next year, March 14-24 in 2016
and March 13-24 in 2017. Trustee Reni Masi said the district consulted with parents, students and employees
about the school calendar proposals and all were supportive. The School Amendment Act (Bill 36) enacted in spring 2012,
established new rules wherein there is no longer a standard B.C. school calendar and each district is required to establish its own
school schedules following consultation with stakeholders.
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