Facing the threat of a shutdown by its landlord and hurdles in its efforts to move, a Kowloon Tong kindergarten is taking another crack at getting official approval for a relocation to nearby Essex Crescent.
A person who has been assisting York English Primary School & Kindergarten said the school plans to resubmit a plan this week with tweaks meant to address the objections of neighbours.
Last month, the school bowed to neighbourhood pressure and withdrew an earlier plan.
To allay fears of increasing traffic, the new plan would delay the start of classes by half an hour to avoid peak hours and require all pupils to take school buses, keeping private cars from congesting streets in the area.
The school is urging authorities to grant temporary approval for the new campus for 18 months.
The school's 400 pupils are facing possible eviction just weeks after the beginning of term, as the landlord of the existing campus has warned the site could undergo redevelopment as early as October, according to teacher Wong Wai-shing.
Wong, the vice-chairman of the Federation of Education Workers, has been assisting the Kowloon Tong school with the relocation.