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School Closures as of 8:05am
VANCOUVER/CKNW AM 980
Gord Macdonald | Email news tips to gmacdonald@cknw.com
12/19/2012

Stay tuned to CKNW this morning for an updated list of school closures in Metro Vancouver.

Here is the list so far:

Universities:
SFU Burnaby campus
Douglas College-all campuses

Abbotsford:
St. Jean Brebeuf Secondary
St. James Elementary
MEI Elementary, Middle, and Secondary

Port Coquitlam:
Archbishop Carney Secondary
B-C Christian Academy K-12
Our Lady of the Assumption Elementary

Coquitlam:
Mediated Learning Academy
Traditional Learning Academy
Queen of All Saints Elementary
Our Lady of Fatima Elementary

Port Moody:
Mediated Learning Academy Annex

North Vancouver:
Andre Piolat open but no bus service

Surrey:
Pacific Academy:  K-12
Iqra Islamic elementary
St. Bernadette Elementary
Regent Christian Academy K-12
Our Lady of Good Counsel Pre-school and Elementary
Cloverdale Catholic Elementary
St. Mathews Elementary
Holy Cross Secondary
Surrey Christian School
Bibleway Christian Academy K-12
William of Orange Elementary

Burnaby:
St. Thomas More Secondary
John Knox Christian elementary
Univeristy Highlands elementary
Carver Christian Secondary

Langley:
King's School elementary
Fraser Valley Adventist Academy
Langley Christian Pre-school, Elementary, and Secondary

White Rock:
Christian Academy-late start 10am

Delta:
Immaculate Conception Elementary

Richmond:
Az-Zahraa Islamic Academy & Montessori Preschool

Vancouver:
Vancouver Christian School

New Westminster:
Urban Academy

Snow Roads:
Langley-Ecole du Voyageur
Vancouver-Ecole Rose des Ventes, Jules Verne, Anne Hebert, Ecole Gabrielle Roy (Rwah)
Richmond-Ecole Navigator
Tsawwassen-Ecole Bois Joli
All public schools in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District.  All Special Education buses are cancelled

HandyDart:
Essential services in New West, Burnaby, Tri Cities, Vancouver and Richmond.

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  1. Maestro posted on 12/19/2012 06:02 AM
    You buncha weenies! If kids stayed home every time it snowed in Prince George, they would only go to school for 3 months a year.
    1. NicR_1167 posted on 12/19/2012 08:33 AM
      @Maestro Ive lived in the east kootenays myself, when snow season is october -may, I can agree with you on that one. Here, no one is really equipped for snow, cause it doesn't snow a lot. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather have parents not drive their kids to school in their vehicle with all season tires. There'd be a lot more deaths and accidents on the road if there wasn't school closers
    2. WilliamM_2996 posted on 12/19/2012 08:38 AM
      @Maestro Easy Maestro. Apparently you've lived all your life where snow is present 9 months of the year. We get snow down here on average 3 days a year, so you gotta understand we just are not used to it like you are. Please do come visit when we get snow and you will be afraid. No matter how skilled you are at driving in the snow, you it won't mean squat cause all the drivers around you are not. =)
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  2. ReneeJ posted on 12/19/2012 06:53 AM
    My cousin picked her kids up on their snowmobiles in PG when it snowed. Hardly an option in the Lower Mainland.
  3. lg_3045 posted on 12/19/2012 09:27 AM
    lol - all the french and religious schools are closed
    1. EAZ posted on 12/19/2012 09:54 AM
      @lg_3045 I'm glad they closed today. Safety first for all students & teachers.
  4. AldinaI posted on 12/19/2012 10:17 AM
    No wonder public school students do better in post-secondary. They're tough. Officials don't close public schools like they do private schools.
    1. commonsense posted on 12/19/2012 10:33 AM
      @AldinaI The thing about private schools is that they are regional schools. Multi-city schools if you will. If you look at Catholic secondary schools, there isn't one in each city and so many of them will be tri-city like and so on. They simply close it down since their students travel further on average and look out for their safety and well-being in the road travels.

      Also, please show me that stat on public school students performing better in post-secondary. I would love to read that.
    2. Ken280 posted on 12/19/2012 07:18 PM
      @AldinaI Glorified baby sitting, this is why they want the teachers at their expense to work overtime, to look after the students until the parents come to get them, around 6pm.
  5. AldinaI posted on 12/19/2012 11:33 AM
    There are many students who travel cross-boundary and across the city to attend public schools.

    Ask any university professor to tell the stats. It's a well-known fact.
    1. commonsense posted on 12/19/2012 02:35 PM
      @AldinaI There are many students, but are there many schools?

      I want your stat, please. If it's a well-known fact, then it should be readily available. So please share it.
    2. EAZ posted on 12/19/2012 03:24 PM
      @AldinaI A well-known fact? I think that's more a matter of opinion. Provide some evidence please.
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  6. Ken280 posted on 12/19/2012 07:14 PM
    It seems some of you do not read most of the closures are private schools or post education. Seems if the nanny is at home you can leave the kids.It's hard for working parents to leave the kids at home so to me it seems most public schools were open.
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