The calculus for figuring out how to match neighbourhood schools to fluxes in population has long been Sisyphean
Skyrocketing housing prices in Vancouver mean fewer families sending their kids to some schools, leading to declining enrolments there. But the same housing crisis is also pushing governments to boost density and build more housing, thereby inviting more families to move into those same neighbourhoods in the future, as well as into new neighbourhoods.
“There’s this huge disconnect,” said Michael Hooper, a professor of planning at the University of British Columbia and the parent of a child who attended the recently-closed Queen Elizabeth Annex on Vancouver’s west side. VSB superintendent Helen McGregor said the district’s projections have been “incredibly accurate over time, and continue to be.”
The legislation compels the province’s 72 school boards to provide the government with an inventory of schools that are not being used for learning and are leased out, administration buildings and empty parcels of land. The government decides whether to sell a property to another school board or use it for a provincial priority, such as a nursing home or housing, before putting it up for sale on the open market.
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