QEA SAVED
Great News - June 25, 2008
It's now final! (although not yet posted on the VSB web site as of Thursday June 26th afternoon). The VSB Trustees voted unanimously in favour of both recommendations affecting QEA.
Good News - June 11, 2008
The Final Report and Recommendations was presented to the Board on June 11, 2008. This report starts the final stages of the Phase-1 Education Facilities Review process. We are all delighted to see that closure of QEA has been taken off the table!! Please see the VSB's short news release on the VSB's web site. Read the complete 36 page Final Report and Recommendations
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- We are delighted by the latest version of the plan, while it is not all we were hoping for it is a vast improvement over the original proposal to close and sell QEA.
- Board of Education Trustees will consider the recommendations at a Special Board Meeting scheduled for 7:00 pm, June 25th, 2008.
We cannot thank you enough for your support.
Good News May 6, 2008 - A Vancouver Annex school fighting to stay open has been given until 2010 to stay open and improve enrolment. see CBC news article "East Vancouver parents' group wins fight to keep school open" (Garibaldi Annex)
QEA Supporters at the Rally in Victoria - April 5th |
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New stuff added to our web page:
| June 19 |
Submissions |
Julee Kay's Final Submission -Points relevant to the Facilities Planning process
1. Secondary schools should have enough capacity to create a secondary French Immersion program in the study area.
2. The extensive seismic upgrades required at Jules Quesnel are an opportunity to better disperse French Immersion elementary children between that site at the Queen Elizabeth Annex site.
3. Ideally, EVERY elementary school should have enough capacity to offer the expected early childhood program to children in the catchment.
Final PowerPoint Presentation to the Trustees
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| June 19 |
Submissions |
PAC Letter to Trustees - Letter from incoming PAC Co-Chair to Trustees - thanking all VSB staff and Trustees the necessary time for community input. Requesting an improved process for consultation regarding seismic upgrading projects. |
| May 11 |
Home Page - under "Other Save Our School Resources" |
On-Line Petition - Petition to the Minister of Education, Shirley Bond -to amend the determination for what constitutes the functional capacity of our schools...to be presented June 10, 2008 |
| May 11 |
Submissions |
Julee Kaye Part 22c: Photo Essay Comparing School Facility Quality (sent to VSB April 25th)
- photographic comparison of the quality of facilities available at all of the public elementary schools in the area.
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| May 6 |
Links |
UBC Publication - Great article to ALL UBC Faculty "Your Forum: How the Local Public Schools Crisis can Affect your Job & What UBC can do about it (pg 6 of PDF) |
| May 6 |
Media |
Great News about Garibaldi Annex - "East Vancouver parents' group wins fight to keep school open" CBC news article |
| April 10 |
Media |
New link to News about confusing coverage of Victoria Rally
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| April 9 |
Media |
New link to News about Victoria Rally re school closures |
| April 4 |
Media |
New link to Chek News about Cowichan board canceling school closure meeting |
| April 4 |
Garibaldi Elementary School Proposal |
Proposal written by the community for the VSB to dave the school (see Garibaldi website - Proposal) |
| April 4 |
ThinkCity Conference Poster |
Poster for the Sunday April 6th conference posted on our Links page |
| April 4 |
Submissions |
Julee Kaye Researched emails to Trustees
- Part 22a: Updated Enrolment Data
- Part 22b: Cost Comparison for UBC - Dunbar Schools
- A Trustee's Response to Cost Comparison email
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| March 27 |
Rally in Victoria |
link added to PDF - LANDS! (Let’s Agree Not to Dispose of Schools!)
Rally at the Provincial Legislature – April 7, 2008 at 11:30 am |
| April 4 |
EFR Process webpage |
updated dates |
| March 26 |
Submissions webpage |
Added Julee Kaye Part 20 - Why VSB Feedback Form Results are Meaningless |
| March 19 |
Submissions webpage |
Added copies of presentations made at the March 11th VSB Meetings, March 13th City Council Meetings |
| March 14 |
Media webpage |
Garibaldi Annex campaign offers new proposal to VSB |
| March 7 |
Media webpage |
2 new articles in the Sun and the Courier |
| March 5 |
EFR Summary of Consultation Feedback
and Phase-1 Recommendations VSB document |
36 page EFR document provided by the VSB on March 5, 2008 |
| March 5 |
ACTIONS webpage |
Organizing Committee Update post VSB March 5th Meeting |
| March 1 |
Petition and Info Flyer |
Petition info posted on ACTION webpage |
| Feb. 20th |
School Reports webpage |
School Reports provided to the Vancouver School Board for the EFR |
| Feb. 20th |
Submissions webpage |
List with links to the various submissions made by parents to the VSB Trustees |
| Feb. 17th |
Seismic Info webpage |
new webpage developed to provide info on Seismic issues |
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New Stuff on our web site
View the NEWS
Other Save Our School Resources
Save QEA Blog
On-Line Petition - Petition to the Minister of Education, Shirley Bond -to amend the determination for what constitutes the functional capacity of our schools...
Save Garibaldi Annex Blog - website providing info to the community about the threat to close Garibaldi Annex in East Vancouver, BC, Canada (SAVED - see CBC artcile May 6, 2008)
Relevant Links
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