Forget the NHL playoffs, there's some hockey drama right here in the Royal City.
The New Westminster school district plans to meet with the Grade 5 students at Herbert Spencer Elementary, who are taking a shot and hoping to score a hockey box in at École Glenbrook Middle School for their arrival next year.
"We, the fifth graders of Herbert Spencer Elementary School, are very excited about going to Glenbrook Middle School in the fall. However, we aren't all that happy about the lack of a hockey box there," says a letter, signed by "the fifth graders," and sent to the board of education.
The students wrote that they "love" playing hockey but will be "deprived" of that pleasure once they hit the bigger school.
"We hope you will take the time and money to build a hockey box," the letter urges.
The board directed staff to look into the prospect of having a hockey box at the school and to meet with the students to talk about the situation. Trustees questioned whether a hockey box would encroach on city land and want staff to provide clarity, but were generally receptive to the idea.
"I think it's great idea," said trustee David Phelan.
He also suggested the district talk to F.W. Howay school about the cost of putting in a hockey box as that school recently put one in.
Board of education chair Jonina Campbell own son, Mathew, is among the Spencer petitioners, which included every Grade 5 student in the school.
This isn't the first request for a hockey box. Last year a parent came forward with the same hope, she said.
"In my experience, it's something people would definitely like to see there," Campbell said.
