WILL J.K. IRVING GET HIS WISH TODAY???

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I understand that's he's only one of the members but I still cannot understand his reasoning in all this???

The racist company of Gulf Operators are all ready to move in and destroy the building.

Will J.K. Irving send the bill to the school?

Here's the story-

NB Telegraph-Journal | Saint John
As published on page B4 on March 23, 2006

South House decision expected today
Former board member says demolition delayed at least until summer

By Khalid Malik
Telegraph-Journal

The fate of Rothesay Netherwood School's South House was not known Wednesday night as the school's board of governors decided to keep mum following a meeting that lasted more than two hours.

Headmaster Paul Kitchen said everybody present at the meeting agreed not to say anything until noon today when a statement would be issued.

Kelly Patterson, a former board member who now co-chairs the building's restoration committee, said she has learned that the board has decided not to tear down the building before the summer and, in the intervening period, it has left the door open to look at other proposals.

"From our perspective, this is great news," she said. "Demolition is a permanent thing. All possibilities need to be explored before taking such a drastic action "... We are confident that there is a solution."

The committee has pledged to raise $900,000 for the restoration and continued maintenance of the building if the school agrees to preserve the 150-year-old Gothic-style structure.

The fight to save the building has been going on since Oct. 2002 when the school disclosed its intention to do away with the building.

"We are thrilled they are willing to work with us to find a solution," she said. "We will raise whatever funds are needed to assist them financially."

Before the meeting started at 5 p.m., Mr. Kitchen said there are 37 board members and of them "three or four members (from whom) we have not heard" on the issue. He did not say how many members actually attended the meeting.

About 15 minutes before the meeting ended at 7:15 p.m. Mr. Kitchen came out to make a brief call to the school's lawyer, Rod Gillis. The meeting was held at Mr. Gillis' office and he was waiting in the foyer while the board deliberated and left before the meeting was over.

The decision to hold the board's meeting followed a hearing during the two separate injunctions filed one by the restoration committee and the other by a current and a former member of the board governors. The latter application contended that the executive committee did not have the authority to demolish South House and that the issue must be decided by the board.

During the hearing Mr. Gillis told Justice Lucie LaVigne of the Court of Queen's Bench that the school has decided to call a meeting of the board before the demolition takes place.

After consulting with the two sides the judge adjourned the hearing and placed the injunction until April 4.

Mr. Gillis has said the school has no further practical use for the building. South House is the only original building left on the historic campus. Other than housing its sprinkler system, it has not been used by the school since June 2005, he said.