Courtesy of School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin):
On November 16th, the Board of Education opened up a tendering process to sell six surplus School District properties: Kwaleen, Buffalo Creek, Soda Creek, Sharpe Lake, Deka Lake, and Chezacut. Conspicuously absent from the list was the Glendale School site. The Board of Education is now announcing that it will be repurposing the closed Glendale Elementary School.
The site will be the new home for the School District Administration Office, currently located on 3rd Avenue in Williams Lake. Plans are being contemplated as to what other programs could be accommodated in the facility.
The current School District Administration Office was built in 1951 as a dormitory and has since undergone many renovations and additions. The Ministry of Education’s Capital Asset Management System has identified that all systems including heating, ventilation, cooling, electrical, air circulation and water supply are now “beyond useful life”.
The Board, in its considerations, looked into more permanent solutions to these issues. Research has been done exploring options of major renovations to the present building, purchasing a new facility, leasing a facility, or renovating a current facility already owned by the School District.
In the end, the Board selected the most practical and cost-effective option by supporting the motion to repurpose a currently owned facility. It is anticipated that the new facility will be ready for August 2017.Board Chair, Tanya Guenther stated,
“One of the greatest benefits to the community is that this would allow the option for the Williams Lake Studio Theatre to remain in its current location. We are also hopeful that one or more District programs with temporary homes may be able to be housed permanently in the new facility. We anticipate that the Plan will increase the amount of meeting space, as there is a current lack of space for meetings without disrupting school classrooms and gyms.”
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