On January 29, 2009 the Ministry of Education announced the replacement of three School District #43 schools.  The three schools, Centennial Secondary School, PItt River Community Middle School and James Park Elementary School amounted to a commitment by The Province of just over $82 million dollars.  Further to this, on April 1, 2009, The Ministry of Education announced the replacement of Moody Middle School and the building of a new middle school on Heritage Mountain.  The new announcements brought the total commitment by The Province to just over $128 million dollars.

The 5 projects will meet LEED Gold building standards or equivalent, helping to reduce energy costs and the carbon footprint.  For more information on LEED standards, please check the following web site www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19.

Similarly, the 5 projects are all eligible to be included in the Neighbourhoods of Learning (NOL) initiative.  The Province has a vision of strong neighbourhoods created through a partnership between community organizations and schools.  In designing new or replacement schools, school districts are encouraged to consult with the community and find innovative ways to incorporate community agencies or programs within the school design.  All of the 5 projects being undertaking by the Coquitlam School District will be considered for the NOL initiative.  For more information on the government's Neigbhourhoods of Learning initiative, please check the following web site www.neighbourhoods-of-learning.gov.bc.ca.

Neighbourhoods of Learning (Neighbourhood Learning Centre) Update

Thank you to all individuals who provided written or electronic responses to our request for information around the NoL initiative being apart of the new James Park Elementary School.  We had a good community turnout at our Sept. 30, 2009 community consultation.  Currently we are in the process of packaging the information to present to the Ministry of Education.  Once we have further direction around the status of our application for approval to pursue the NoL initiative further, we will update our site with the next steps.

We are hosting our Neighbourhoods of Learning (Neighbourhoods of Learning) community consultation for Pitt River Community School on Monday November 23rd at 6:30 pm.  All community members and agencies are invited to come out for the presentation and provide feedback around the NoL initiative for Pitt River Community School.

We will be regularly updating each of the 5 school projects as new information becomes available.  Please click on the school link below to find out about the progress of each project.