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A 400-pound pig on the loose on the school grounds at Ecole des Voyageurs caused quite a stir on Monday during the lunch hour.
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A 400-pound pig on the loose on the school grounds of Ecole des Voyageurs on 216 Street in Walnut Grove caused quite a stir on Monday during the lunch hour. “Porkchop” meandered onto school property during the lunchtime recess, having escaped from a farm down the road. The school called a Code Yellow and shuffled all the students inside so they would be safe and police were called in. “It took RCMP officers as well as animal
control two hours to convince Porkchop that it was time for him to go home,” said school administrator Marie Fraser. And Porkchop has a reputation for being quite pigheaded. “Porkchop, according to his owner weighs 400 pounds and so. If Porkchop doesn’t want to do something, Porkchop simply doesn’t do it,” said Fraser. Porkchop’s owners noticed a gate had been left open and their pig was missing. They quickly tracked the pig to the school and helped in saving its bacon by bringing him home safely. Porkchop wasn’t the only animal with
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a need to be free. Last Thursday, Township firefighters had to put out their best cowboy moves and wrangle up a pair of horses that had spooked themselves onto the westbound lanes of Highway One. Eventually, they were brought to safety and their owners came with a trailer. There was also traffic reports of a cow munching on the grass in the median on Highway One, near 232 Street, last Friday. On Wednesday morning, a bunch of cows were backing up traffic at 232 Street and 72 Avenue, after breaking free from their farm.
There were no announcements and no promises for a new high school in Willoughby, but it was a worthwhile visit to Victoria on Tuesday by numerous Langley politicians and staff, said Langley Board of Education Trustee Rob McFarlane. Township Mayor Jack Froese, several Township administrators, two school trustees and superintendent Suzanne Hoffman and other district staff met in the province’s capital on Tuesday for a meeting with Langley MLA Mary Polak, Aldergrove-Fort Langley MLA Rich Coleman and ministry of education staff to talk about the urgent need for a secondary school in the Willoughby slope. “The meeting was frank, candid and positive. It’s clear they understand the need and R OB M CFAR LANE they are committed to helping us find a solution,” said McFarlane at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. But he said the ministry of education made it clear they still expect districts to contribute up to 50 per cent of the capital costs to build the school. “We have a limited amount of resources, actually in the tune of $4 million to put towards building a high school. That’s not even close to 50 per cent,” said McFarlane. McFarlane then made a motion asking staff to identify properties that could be sold to fund a high school. That motion was carried unanimously. One trustee asked what if a district couldn’t come up with the 50 per cent. “The ministry said it is looked at on a case by case,” said Hoffman. A new high school would cost upwards of $40 million. At that same meeting, acting secretary treasurer Brian Iseli said there was a ‘dramatic shift’ of students enrolling in Willoughby schools. According to the most recent enrolment numbers, an additional 1,000 students enrolled in Willoughby schools this school year.
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