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THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010
EXOTIC PET ON THE LAM Llama leads police on a wild chase PAGE 4
MEAKIN STILL IN THE GAME Sturgeon’s on the Fraser developer says he is now ready to complete the purchase of waterfront property, bidding against the municipality. PAGE 3
STRUTTING THEIR STUFF Local kids get on stage in the Optimist Club’s 10th annual talent show. PAGE 25
TAX HIKE DEBATED Council gives final reading to a budget allowing a tax increase of 5.88 per cent. PAGE 2
BOXERS WIN AT NATIONALS Gold and silver medals for talented brothers from the Mission City Boxing club. PAGE 23
Fire at Mission Secondary Mission Firefighters battle a blaze inside the attic at Mission Secondary School early Sunday morning. About 20 classrooms were damaged, and the school was closed for two days, re-opening on Wednesday. See story page 2. RANDY HARRIS PHOTO
New boundaries, middle schools New school calendar still being considered BY
NEIL CORBETT
Mission Record
The Mission School District is moving to a middle school model, has accepted new school boundary catchments proposed by staff, and is still looking into a new school calendar. At Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting, trustees adopted a series of motions to put
the changes into effect. An audience of approximately 125 parents and teachers attended the meeting at Silverdale elementary. “I feel really good about it. It was the accumulation of a lot of work done over the past months,” said board chair Cindy Miller. She was referring to the Vision 2020 planning process which included a series of public consultation meetings. The question was how to adapt the local education system to changes in the world. The three main areas of discussion that emerged were school configuration, school boundary changes and the school calendar.
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Dealing with school configuration, the board passed a motion: “That the Board of Education approve the implementation of a K-6, 7-9, 10-12 School within a School model to begin immediately.” Miller said this model makes sense, because it moves Grade 7 students into the district’s three high schools, which have declining enrolments. Conversely, elementary populations are projected to grow in coming years, and full-day kindergarten will demand more use of space. She said the middle school (7-9) and high
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