SD74 and The Ashcroft HUB Update

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Juanita Little is the Chair of the Ashcroft HUB Executive Board. The Ashcroft HUB is based out of the old Ashcroft elementary School building, and has been operating there for the last five years.

The School District and the the HUB currently have a nine year lease agreement. Currently SD74 has begun the disposal process to remove the building off of their financial books. At this time the HUB Online Network has reached out to SD74 for an interview or comment with no response.

The disposal process what brought up in December of 2020, as a letter presented to the HUB stating intentions that the School Board would be talking about this subject at the January 2021 board meeting. During that meeting trustee Carmen Ranta put the topic on the floor and it was decided to move ahead with a public consultation process that would take place during the rest of January and end February 19th.

Juanita talks about the public support that the HUB has received and assures that at the HUB it is business as usual, and "this process does not mean that the HUB will be shut down. Disposal does not mean destruction of the building, but simply a (untimely) transition of power from one group to another. there are also several different options that this could end up being, such as a long term lease that takes over ten years".