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| The Record |
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Olympic fever and a recent meeting with the education minister have halted parents' plan to hold a rally at city hall to protest high school construction delays.
The district parent advisory council was planning a rally for March 4 to put pressure on city councillors and school trustees to find a solution for where to build the replacement New Westminster Secondary School. The rally was postponed after members of the district parent advisory council met with Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid on Wednesday.
The minister did not ask the group to put off the rally, but after meeting with her, they were "encouraged" about the prospects for the long-overdue high school, said district parent advisory chair Margot Barton.
"We want to see where the chips fall," she said. "We want to give her some running room, and we want to see where things go."
The district parent advisory council was planning a rally for March 4 to put pressure on city councillors and school trustees to find a solution for where to build the replacement New Westminster Secondary School. The rally was postponed after members of the district parent advisory council met with Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid on Wednesday.
The minister did not ask the group to put off the rally, but after meeting with her, they were "encouraged" about the prospects for the long-overdue high school, said district parent advisory chair Margot Barton.
"We want to see where the chips fall," she said. "We want to give her some running room, and we want to see where things go."
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