Provincial teachers are engaged in a struggle against the neo-liberal directions of the provincial government, a government that has been shown in court to be bargaining in bad faith and with the intent to provoke. The struggle the teachers are waging is one that we too face in our own workplace. Join in a show […]
West-side Vancouver parents in the news again on enrolment issues. Over the last two years west-side parents, , Eric Mazi, Julee Kaye, Greg Lawrence (veterans of the Save QEA campaign), have argued hard to keep their small neighbourhood schools. Part of their campaign has been to argue that the enrolment drop faced by VSB is […]
Vancouver School Board staff reported on progress to date regarding rebuilding university hill area schools at Tuesday’s committee II meeting (Planning and Facilities). In response to a question about the agreement staff said that there is still no signed project agreement in hand. A question about whether or not the business plan had been submitted […]
Elect Charles Menzies -Metro Vancouver Director Electoral Area A: Supporting Effective Leadership in School Board As residents in the UBC/UEL portions of Electoral Area ‘A’ we are also able to vote for candiadtes to the Vancouver Board of Education. Being able to have a voice and an impact in the Vancouver Board of Education discussions […]
The Report Card I just talked to an irate parent who is sitting at the Vancouver board of education office and says he isn’t leaving until he gets to see superintendent Chris Kelly. Jonathan Ehrlich said he has taken the day off work to deliver a message to Kelly and the Vancouver board of education. […]
School Board is one of the hardest and least appreciated of municipal-type councils -but it is also one of the most important. The three main municipal parties in Vancouver are holding nomination meetings on successive weekends in September (NPA Sept. 13; Vision Vancouver Sept. 20; COPE Sept. 28.) Since my children began school in 1996 […]
Kanman Wong, a member of Vancouver DPAC and chair of the Churchill Secondary Parents Advisory Council is reported to have entered the race for City Council. I had understood for some time now that Kanman was interested but wasn’t sure that he would get his wish. All the best to you Kanman! Frances Bula — […]
Hopefuls for the Vision nod for school board lined up last night (Tuesday Sept. 9) to answer questions and meet the public. A quiet crowd of about 50 or so people piled into the aging lecture hall at Vancouver City College. A couple of council hopefuls -Catherine Evans and George Chow- were noted in the […]
Vancouver Sun blogs Successful lobbying on Vancouver’s westside Vancouver school trustees are crediting parents – who lobbied long and hard on behalf of their schools – with creating the conditions that will allow them to: – Lift the threat of closure from Queen Elizabeth annex. – Open a new elementary school for the many children […]
QE annex may dodge the wrecking ball. UBC Schools Delayed Recommendations spark mixed reactions Naoibh O’Connor, Vancouver Courier Published: Friday, June 13, 2008 Reaction was mixed to school board recommendations unveiled Wednesday night that would save a West Side school from closure, while promising new schools near UBC. The recommendations are part of a final […]