The Polyvalente de l'Érablière (or also called École Secondaire de l'Érabliere; English translation: Maple Tree High School) is a french language public high school located in Gatineau, Quebec. It is located in the Côte d'Azur/Limbour district of the Gatineau sector at the intersection of rue de Cannes and Boulevard la Verendrye. History Start and development The school is one of the smallest high schools inside the city of Gatineau. It enrolls approximately 1,200 students from Secondary 1 to 5 and other groups such as the Cheminement Particulier Continu (Continuous Individual Advancement) and the Cheminement Particulier Temporaire (Temporary Individual Advancement). It was opened in the Fall of 1978 and the student population came primarily from the surrounding Limbour and Mont-Luc and Touraine subdivisions. At that time, the school was built in the middle of a large vacant field with little development around it. Today, several condominium projects have been built around the school. In addition, Boulevard La Vérendrye was also extended in 1999 as a freeway towards the Alonzo Wright Bridge with a partial interchange connecting the school. Also, multiple bike paths were built in the vicinity south towards Mont-Luc, Cantley and the lower Limbour area, west towards rue Saint-Louis, Chelsea and the Hull sector and east towards the lower Côte d'Azur area, Touraine and eastern section of the Gatineau sector. Additionally, a large stairwell at the back of the school offers an easier access to students from the Mont Luc and Limbour areas. The stairwell was subject to controversy in 1993 when the school administration criticized the former city of Gatineau for using property that belonged to the Commission Scolaire des Draveurs. The project was halted but later completed after a compromise between the two parties. Today, students come from all across the Gatineau sector and some from the Hull sector as well as from the Cantley and Val-des-Monts municipalities. Uniform policy In April 2004, the school administration, led by principal Micheline Boucher, decided to adopt a strict dress-code by imposing that all students wear uniforms, consisting of polos, shirts, sweaters and pants depending on the season. After a delay of the delivery due to problems involving the distributor, Mini Polo, uniforms were distributed to all students by the end of 2004. New demands and new collections of uniforms were also responsible for the delay. There were also problems during the distribution of the uniforms when several of the articles