A SCHOOL FOR CANDACE

Presented by Eric HunterBoard of Education TrusteeS.D. 85.

Introduction• SD 85 Vancouver

Island North

What was needed?

• A new school.• The old school was 55 years old and had

reached the end of its life.• A new school could have taken 5 years to

build and there would have been a multi-purpose room for a gym.

What was done?

• Could a modular ex CFB school building on the grounds of PHSS be used?

• Randy Ball, Director of Works and Maintenance SD85 thought so.

How was it done?• Secretary Treasurer, John Martin

knew there was an Annual Facility Grant Fund with around 1 million dollars in it.

• Could this fund be used?• Superintendent, Kathy Bedard

and John Martin presented their proposal to the Board of Education.

• The Board of Education liked the proposal voted on a motion and the process began.

The Big Move

Barging the School Arrival in Alert Bay

A School for a New DecadeReduce energy & environmental

foot print• the low flush toilets,• the heat pumps, • the automatic light system,• the recycled materials,• the wind mill supplying 10% of

power needs and surplus returned to the community,

The Wind Mill

CLN Machinery – Port McNeill

Kathy Bedard, Superintendent.

“One of the important outcomes of renovating and seismically updating the school, including the gymnasium and the library, is that Alert Bay School became one of the safest schools in the district”

• “Taking into account the importance of the “3 R’s”, we ‘recycled’ an older building, ‘reduced’ the footprint of the school, and ‘reused’ parts of the original school, including furniture, cabinets, and treasured artwork”

Sun Transformation MaskAubrey Johnson, Acclaimed Alert

Bay artist.

The Transformation is Complete

Acknowledgements• Kathy Bedard, Superintendent,

SD85.• John Martin, Secretary Treasurer,

SD 85.• Randy Ball, Director,

Maintenance.• Board of Education, SD85.• Jill Cook, and staff, Alert Bay

School.• School District Staff, SD85.• Jay Dixon, Vice principal PHSS

Port Hardy.