Crews are busy recycling what they can and preparing the old Belmont school for demolition, just as the doors of the new schools are set to open. Along with the old Belmont school, School District 62B次元官网网址檚 old bus yard will have to be decommissioned and moved to its new location at 2960 Amy Rd.

Pete Godau, director of facilities for SD62 said work is underway at the new location but doesnB次元官网网址檛 expect it to done until December. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 not a critical move or item,B次元官网网址� he said.

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He said while it wonB次元官网网址檛 make a difference for students, once the new yard is operational it would mean that some drivers would have to start earlier and finish later.

But this slight change to the bus routes is nothing compared to the reconfiguration that the District has done to accommodate new routes added for the new Royal Bay secondary school.

In fact he said that the District has incorporated a number of new routes for all of its schools.

Godau said the bus routes are re-evaluated every year with some adjustments made due to changing demographics of neighbourhoods. But this yearB次元官网网址檚 change is a big one.

B次元官网网址淏ecause weB次元官网网址檝e done that grade reconfiguration the bus routes will change for all the schools,B次元官网网址� he said. In an attempt to harmonize the District all schools will now have the same grade configurations with elementary schools housing students from Kindergarten through Grade 5, middle schools will have Grades 6 to 8 and high schools will have Grades 9 though 12.

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The bus yardB次元官网网址檚 move was sparked by a $23.25 million land deal that saw SD62 sell its Jacklin Road property to SobeyB次元官网网址檚 Inc. The District has been leasing the land back until it can decommission all of its operations on the property, with the lease set to expire at the end of March 2016. The school board office was not part of the sale and will remain where it is.

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