The school district owns other properties: the District Education Office, the District Maintenance Facility and Riverside Centre.
District Education Office (DEO)
The District Education Office is located at 22225 Brown Avenue, Maple Ridge, and houses the Board offices and administrative staff for the school district.
A building envelope remediation project was recently completed at the DEO. The facility cannot house all district services therefore alternate accommodation was found for the International Education Department and Student Support Services.
The actual property is larger than the portion currently used by the School District, with the unused property on the east side as shown on the aerial.
The DEO property has two separate zones as shown below. The unused portion to the east, shown by dashed RED lines, is approximately 1,800 m2 and is zoned RM-3, Multi-Family Residential.
While this property is surplus to the school district’s current needs, it may be required in the longer term, even if just for parking. Over the following decade the student enrolment in the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District is expected to level off and start growing and with that will come increased demand for administrative services in the longer term.
Additional information: District Education Office
District Maintenance
The District Maintenance facility is located at 23889 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge, and houses all of the maintenance, support staff and repair equipment and stores for the school district.
The District Maintenance Facility is considered good accommodation and is suitable for the foreseeable future.
The property currently has an unused portion on the southeast side adjacent to the District of Maple Ridge Operations Yard and fronting on Dewdney Trunk Road, as shown below.
This property is approximately 3,000 m2 and generally flat. It is currently not serviced but all services are available from Dewdney Trunk Road.
A subdivision would be required to create a lot for disposal followed by a rezoning and OCP amendment in order to re-develop the site.
The property is potentially beneficial for future expansion of District Maintenance. It is very difficult to find suitable properties for maintenance facilities and the current location is considered very good.
Additional information: District Maintenance
Riverside Centre
In 2009, the District closed Riverside Elementary at 20575 Thorne Avenue, Maple Ridge. The school has been re-purposed as Riverside Centre.
This site is home to a number of district programs: Online Learning, Continuing Education, International Education and Ridge Meadows College.
While the building is being utilized, the playfield, shown shaded in YELLOW on the aerial, is not necessary for the delivery of the programs currently housed at Riverside Centre. To dispose of this property, a subdivision followed by a rezoning and OCP amendment would be required.
Additional information: Riverside Centre
James Best Centre
The James Best Centre is located on the east side of the Eric Langton Elementary property. The portion of the site currently used by the James Best Centre is approx. 2,500 m2. The facility is currently used by the Environmental School.
Other Facilities and School Sites
Alouette River Campus
Arthur Peake Centre
South Lillooet
104th Avenue (School Site)
Bonson Road (School Site)