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Puddle Splashers daycare moves after the sale of the former property of Duthie-Union Elementary School to the Conseil Scolaire Francophone de la British Columbia
The Burnaby School District is finalizing a $ 24 million deal to sell one of its “surplus” school properties to the French-language school board in British Columbia.
In its long-term settlement plan, the school board identified the 5.75-acre Duthie-Union Elementary School property at 7231 Frances Street as “surplus to the educational needs of the district,” according to a report. which will be presented to the school board on Tuesday. .
Staff have been ordered to enter into negotiations with the Conseil scolaire francophone de la British Columbia to sell the property, the report said.
Under the purchase and sale contract, the closing date will be December 31 and CSF will take possession on July 31, 2022 – or sooner if the building is vacated.
The property currently houses a day care center run by the Puddle Splashers Childcare Society.
When the school is sold, the company will move its operations to the day care center under construction at the new Burnaby North High School, according to the report.
“During the 2021/22 school year, the school district will continue to operate the site (Duthie-Union) and provide the facility to the Puddle Splashers Childcare Society under the existing terms and conditions of the license of occupation,” indicates the report.
The report says the $ 24 million prize was deemed by the full board committee to be “the fair market value of the land when used for educational purposes.”
Since the property is being sold to another board for educational purposes, the deal does not need the seal of approval from the provincial education minister, according to the report.
For community consultation, staff recommend that the board pass the first and second reading of the bylaw on Tuesday evening as “official public notice†of the agreement.
The district should then post a notice of the deal on its website and hold a Zoom meeting (Nov. 9 and 6:30 p.m.) for residents to learn more, according to staff.
The third and final reading of the bylaw should then be considered at the next public council meeting on November 23, according to the report.
The proceeds from the sale will go into the district’s local capital reserve “because local funds were used when the site was originally acquired,” according to the report.
Although the Duthie-Union site is “surplus,” that doesn’t mean the neighborhood doesn’t need land.
Its latest five-year capital plan highlights the need for four new schools in Brentwood, Lougheed, Bainbridge and Edmonds to meet the expected growth in enrollment due to expected development in these areas.
Duthie-Union Elementary first opened in 1970, just before enrollment began to decline in the late 1970s, according to a story from the Burnaby School District.
The school closed in 1980 and its students were absorbed into Westridge Elementary, according to the book.
The French-language school board, headquartered in Richmond, is the school board for all French schools in the province.
Unlike other school boards in British Columbia, it does not cover a specific geographic area, but rather appropriates schools based solely on language.
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