We see: council & closures

Prince Rupert Regional Information Site

February 15^th	We See
	Council and school closures

See my 2007 where point out BoV ‘required—and May 2008 where ‘looking’ (see ends of file for both)

PRDN had a good article on ‘Board of Variance’ (BoV) where presented as neutral decision rather than something they were forced to do ---- I have shown before that a Board of Variance is a pre-condition of having Zoning bylaws --- but that never bothered Council before--- so what changed? I suggest this appeal by 1917 McNicholl owner --- I was told last year by a knowledgeable person in Municipal Law that I could force the city to have a Board of Variance by doing exactly the same thing: presenting a question to Building inspector—then appealing his decision --- Further I suggest a City Councillor (Garon?) must have forced the issue

Conrad and Westview potential closures (see my earlier for background) – Here is map of present catchment areas as given at Westview meeting

Below I have placed map from the last time we went through the school closure discussion/exercise – then it was Seal Cove and Kanata (6 & 7 below)
I suggest the maps show us more about class and race in Prince Rupert—than economics of which school best to close
Superficially it is ‘obvious’ that 1 & 2 should be combined – unless there is some extenuating factors not seen at this level --- like a lot of kids in Westview area

1=Westview 2=Pineridge 3=Roosevelt Park 4=Lax Kxeen 5=Conrad 6=Seal Cove 7=Kanata

While not evident at this scale looks like there are not that many kids in Westview catchment area – though most of them are taking the French immersion option (green circles)

So most of the students must be coming form other sections of town – see the image below where we see many of the students being driven to Westview – which for me explains the high FAC scores – which are more a measure of family socio-economic status than academic potential

Westview has French immersion and scores high on FAC tests

Close up showing where kids actually go to school --- more to Westview than in section 2

See my previous for PR Schools etc – Dr Hetman and Rupert’s poverty’ and note that Annunciation even there seen to be a refuge for Upper middle class

For FAC tests and Fraser Institute use of them see my Fraser 1 and Fraser 2

Note the ‘hill’ above (arrow) is fill

More rooms at the Pioneer Hostel – I will update on Tourism rooms later in week

Recycling update

Note here that cardboard (arrow) being sent to dump while a cardboard recycling bin is right there --- I am told the ‘Recycling Committee’ – presumably an oversight group but which has not met since last April will meet February 23^rd --- I have suggested that more community composting would both be ‘good thing’ but has green house gas reduction implications too --- but group does not seem to be interested – more on composting later

Created by LG on 15/2/2010

Last updated on Monday, February 15, 2010

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Recycling update