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SD42 to explore fixes for Ridge Meadows College instead of shutting it down

Ridge Meadows College still has some life left, but questions about its future remain. On May 13, the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School Board voted not to start phasing out the program despite the recommendations from SD42 Superintendent Teresa Downs and the independent review commissioned last year. “While the motion to phase out the program did […]

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