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Daycare spaces bumped District taking classroom back to be used for Mandarin program By Cornelia Naylor
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Daycare spaces are being lost in the Burnaby school district, but it’s not because of a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision restoring smaller class sizes in B.C. public schools. The Grove Childcare has used a classroom at Forest Grove Elementary School as a daycare space for preschool-aged children for eight years. Last week, parents found out the school is taking the space back. “Realistically, in our area, I don’t know what we’re going to do,” said Steven Miller, a parent with one child who will be affected by the move. News stories originally reported the space was being lost because of a November Supreme Court of Canada decision that is forcing the province to restore maximum class sizes to 2002 levels by next year, which will create a need for more classroom space. But that’s not why the Forest Grove classroom is being lost, according to school district secretary-treasurer Russell Horswill. The school needs the space for its expanding Mandarin program. “Every year you add another grade until eventually it’s K to seven,” he told the NOW. “This is the year that it becomes a K-7 program, so it actually has nothing to do with the class-size and composition requirements. It’s completely predictable and we knew it was going to happen.”
FOR THE FISH: Community members turned out in droves for the
27th annual Great Salmon Send-Off on Saturday at Stoney Creek Community School. The event, hosted by the Stoney Creek Environment Committee, Sapperton Fish and Game Club and the school, gave families a chance to release young salmon into Stoney Creek. PHOTOS JENNIFER GAUTHIER
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