Vancouver School District

• ‘We’re disturbed’: Not everyone is welcoming police officers back to Vancouver schools

  In April 2021, trustees voted to eliminate the longstanding but controversial SLO program, following an independent review by Argyle Communications.

  Education

  Sep 1, 2023
  
• Vancouver’s Sir Matthew Begbie Elementary officially renamed ‘wək̓ʷan̓əs tə syaqʷəm’

  In English, wək̓ʷan̓əs tə syaqʷəm -- the new name for Sir Matthew Begbie Elementary School -- means "the sun rising over the horizon."

  Education

  Dec 9, 2022
  
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• Vancouver school trustee urged to resign after racial comments at board meeting

  Fraser Ballantyne said the debate on whether to cancel the school liaison program should focus on its benefits, not police relationships with marginalized communities.

  Education

  Jun 25, 2020
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• ‘Everyone is doing it, it’s cool’: B.C. students talk about the highs and lows of vaping

  Students in New Westminster told Global News they vape in school washrooms to hide from teachers and in school parking lots.

  Features

  Sep 16, 2019
• Vancouver School Board to get $22M less in class size and composition money than expected

  The Vancouver School District says it is getting about $22-million less than it was promised to hire new teachers and bring down class sizes.

  Education

  Jun 27, 2017
• Vancouver school group on trip in Belgium safe following Brussels terror attacks

  The group of 23 students and three chaperons from Sir Charles Tupper Secondary were in Ghent, Belgium, at the time of the attacks.

  World

  Mar 22, 2016