Historic Sites of Manitoba: Garden Grove School (2340 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg)

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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

Commissioned by the Winnipeg School Division, this educational facility was built in 1980-1981.

Principals

Period	Principal
1980-1986	Dave Kroeker
1986-1998	Larry W. Legrange
1998-2006	Maureen C. Robertson
2006-2014	Paul Sutherland
2014-2020	Karin Freiling
2020-?	Nancy Karpinsky

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1981-1996	?
1996-1997	Carol Dubnicoff

Teachers

No information.

Photos & Coordinates

Garden Grove School (July 2019) Source: Nathan Kramer Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93955, W97.21527 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Board expected to study closing of two schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 April 1980, page 3.

“Tender for chain link fencing,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 June 1981, page 70.

“Garden Grove arrangement finds way around contentious Lord's Prayer issue,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 March 1992, Weekly North Edition page 3.

“Corridor site awaits parents’ group reply,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 August 1992, page B19.

“It’s no crap shoot, it’s mathematics,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 February 1996, page A5.

“Kids mark school anniversary,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 October 1996, page 5.

Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 July 2022

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