A new Smiling Creek elementary school is officially a go — in Coquitlam, at least.
On Monday, council approved rezoning for the new Burke Mountain school. All that's needed now is provincial funding before shovels can get digging.
Earlier this month the city and School District 43 signed a joint-use agreement for the school and park site, located at Queenston and Princeton avenues. The district will own the northern property and will operate the school while the city will own the southern portion, including a sports field.
Once built the school will welcome 430 students in 19 classrooms. There will also be an enhanced gym, multi-purpose room with kitchen and exterior washrooms for park users.
At a presentation in June, former Coquitlam-Burke Mountain MLA Doug Horne said a funding announcement for the school, budgeted for $18 million, would come in the fall. (Horne resigned his provincial seat to run in the recent federal election.)
SD43 is eyeing September 2018 as an opening date for Smiling Creek.
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