A private school in Canada has come up with an innovative way to stay open after losing its location, the Richmond News reports.
Pythagoras Academy in Richmond, British Columbia, had been renting its current location and trying to move to a new one, which was denied by city council.
Things came to a head this year when lease negotiations with the landlord broke down.
But the school won't have to close after all, as just two weeks later, Pythagoras Academy has managed to partner with the Richmond Jewish Day School to form adjoining schools on Highway to Heaven.
Due to limited resources, the school will only offer kindergarten to Grade 5 programming rather than JK to Grade 8 for the upcoming year.
"We're not trying to have anything other than a collaborative relationship," Pythagoras Academy head of school Michael Bouchard tells the News.
"We're not trying to separate the playground where the children would never play together, but we're trying to introduce them to each other and then just foster that kind of deep respect where you don't have to be like the other, but you have lots of respect and curiosity."
One part of sharing facilities will include the addition of Pythagoras' greenhouse to the Richmond Jewish Day School.
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