School District 43 needs a new board office to replace the outdated and cramped building currently housing staff and public meetings.
Board chair Judy Shirra confirmed staff have been asked to do more research on various options to replace the current building on Poirier Street in Coquitlam with an education learning centre, which could cost $20.1 million, according to the district's five-year capital plan, approved last Tuesday.
"It's getting to be an old building. It's disjointed, it's like a portable," said Shirra, who said trustees toured board offices in Surrey and North Vancouver and liked the ideas they saw of buildings with offices that could be rented out or used for professional development.
"Rental revenue would be ongoing," said the Port Coquitlam trustee. "It's something we have explored."
But she said the idea is still in the exploratory stage, and the building and cost would still have to be approved by trustees and the Ministry of Education.
