Is the Burnaby school district unprepared for development in Brentwood?

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Is the Burnaby school district unprepared for development in Brentwood?
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Parents are concerned about overcrowded schools, but the school board has been 'very proactive' about making sure the province knows what Burnaby needs, says secretary-treasurer Russell Horswill.

A couple expecting their first child took to Reddit recently to get feedback on whether to settling in Burnaby’s Brentwood neighbourhood is a good idea.

She told the NOW some students were put into temporary classrooms in the school’s library and gym while the district was adding portables to deal with increased enrolment. ‘We tend to have to outgrow our schools’ But the need for a new school in the Brentwood town centre has long been on the school district’s radar, according to secretary-treasurer Russell Horswill.

If Brentwood schools are overcrowded, longtime school trustee Larry Hayes suggested it isn’t the school district’s lack of planning but the province’s approach to funding new schools that’s to blame.

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