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Replacement for Terry Fox's alma mater in Port Coquitlam 'on time, budget'

While School District 43 is busy rebuilding Centennial secondary in Coquitlam, B.C.'s francophone school district is also underway with a replacement school in Port Coquitlam.
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Ecole des Pionniers in Port Coquitlam is being rebuilt.

While School District 43 is busy rebuilding Centennial secondary in Coquitlam, B.C.'s francophone school district is also underway with a replacement school in Port Coquitlam.

Pascale Cyr, spokesperson for Conseil Scolaire Francophone, said construction to replace L'École des Pionniers de Maillardville is on budget and on time, with an opening set for January 2018.

It is being built to meet LEED gold standards at a cost of $25 million.

Current students in the old Wellington Street building, which was originally PoCo High/Terry Fox secondary, "will have less playing space for this school year and they will have to go around the construction to access the sports field," Cyr said in an email to The Tri-City News.

PoCo secondary is Terry Fox's alma mater.

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