Inquiring Reporter: Should defunct schools be sold?

 

 
 
 
 
Gordon Stewart, North Vancouver: "Lease them. It'll take a lot to buy back land if you want to build another
school."
 

Gordon Stewart, North Vancouver: "Lease them. It'll take a lot to buy back land if you want to build another school."

Photograph by: submitted , for North Shore News

WITH as many as 12 defunct North Vancouver schools on the shopping block, many residents are concerned about just who will be moving in next door if any of the properties are sold. The North Vancouver school district listened Nov. 20 to pitches from real estate developers and a childcare firm for Ridgeway Annex. The district is slated to weigh proposals for the former Plymouth elementary Dec. 4. Should the sites be turned into townhouses, park space, or remain as they are in anticipation of a population boom?

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Gordon Stewart, North Vancouver: "Lease them. It'll take a lot to buy back land if you want to build another
school."
 

Gordon Stewart, North Vancouver: "Lease them. It'll take a lot to buy back land if you want to build another school."

Photograph by: submitted , for North Shore News

 
Gordon Stewart, North Vancouver: "Lease them. It'll take a lot to buy back land if you want to build another
school."
Tim Bogdachev, North Vancouver: "It's like with everything, you just need to find a middle ground."
Ross Sutherland, North Vancouver: "They should make parks out of them."
Alex Smith, North Vancouver: "Depends on the price."
Dylan Lewis, North Vancouver: "Where I live in Blueridge they're consolidating down because there's no
demand.     . . . Why would you just keep that space sitting there?"