Parents and students from Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam held a rally pushing for the province to make a plan to get a new structure up. As Grace Ke reports, it comes after the school was destroyed in a fire in October 2023.A group of Port Coquitlam, B.C., parents are searching for answers as to when their kids’ school will be replaced after it was destroyed by a fire.Chants of “Rebuilding Hazel” were heard coming from the dozens of parents and students at the rally.
“It is really a hassle to have over there and it’s not in our community,” said Andrea Rodriguez, a parent of a student. Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West spoke at the rally, and had a message for developers who may have an eye on the property thinking the province won’t rebuild.“This site is for one thing and one thing only … it is for Hazel Trembath Elementary School and our city council will never support anything other than a school ,” he said.
Rachna Singh, B.C.’s minister of education and child care, said in a statement that the ministry is “fully committed to rebuilding Hazel Trembath.”
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