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Falcon promises new school cash coming in months

At the opening of Surrey’s newest elementary school, Adams Road, yesterday, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon re-committed to building desperately needed new schools for the City. Speaking to the Surrey Now, Falcon was quoted as saying the district would be receiving … Continue reading

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Surrey School District facing $10M in cuts

The Surrey School District’s upcoming 2011/2012 operating budget is facing a $10 million shortfall in funding required to maintain current programming and service levels. As a result, the Board is asking the public what it believes should be cut in … Continue reading

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Wither the Surrey Civic Coalition?

Last week, major political news broke when two Surrey Civic Coalition school trustees broke off from the left leaning political party to join the new, non-partisan coalition party Surrey Education First, modelled after Mayor Watts’ Surrey First team on City … Continue reading

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Civic candidates for November 15th

The list of the City’s civic candidates for the municipal elections has been released.  Mayor Watts, Dianne (Surrey First) Weisenberger, Murray Councillor Bhandari, Jag Bose, Bob (SCC) Gill, Rina (SCC) Gill, Tom (Surrey First) Hepner, Linda (Surrey First) Hillsdon, Paul … Continue reading

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A new SD36 District Education and Conference Centre

The Surrey School District continues to move forward with a plan to centralize it’s staff into a new facility – aptly named the District Education and Conference Centre or DECC. According to a recent study done for the School District, … Continue reading

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