2011 News
- May 17: The Province: Hitting schools with new costs isn’t ‘family friendly
- May 7: Vancouver Sun: Carbon folly: Squeezing schools to aid energy giant
- Mar. 3: Georgia Straight: Vancouver and Burnaby school districts expect funding cuts
- Mar 2: Vancouver Sun: Schools bracing for shortfall
- Feb 23: Vancouver Sun: Opinion: Government’s skewed priorities on shaky ground
- Feb. 17: Vancouver Sun: Vancouver Board of Education to revisit school closures in review
2010 News Archives
- Dec 5: Vancouver Sun: Safe after all? Proposal to close 5 Vancouver schools appears dead
- Oct 27: Vancouver Sun: Vancouver parents, students continue to voice opposition over school closures
- Oct 26: CBC News: Vancouver school closures spark concern
- Oct 26: Georgia Straight: Big crowd shows up to tell Vancouver trustees to save Sir Guy Carleton elementary
- Oct 24: Globe and Mail: For many, school is about more than the numbers
- Oct 14: The Tyee: Turning schools into neighbourhood learning hubs
- Oct 5; Vancouver Sun: Five Vancouver schools, plus Garibaldi Annex, face possible closure
- Oct 5: Georgia Straight: Five East Vancouver schools remain on closure shortlist
- Oct 5: The Province: Five Vancouver schools stay on 2011 closure hit list
- Oct 5: Vancouver Courier: Five schools on the chopping block
- Oct 5: Metro News: School closures list narrowed to five
- Oct 4: CBC News: 5 Vancouver schools short listed for closure
- Oct 4: CTV News: VSB recommends 5 schools for closure
- Aug 13: Vancouver Courier:Gutted VSB budget results in anti-homophobia cut
- Aug 6: Vancouver Courier:Cuts to VSB’s anti-homophobia job cruel & careless
- July 28: Vancouver Courier:Summer school showcases misplaced priorities
- July 21: Vancouver Courier:Summer school classes need remedial work
- July 21: Vancouver Courier:Class Notes – school closure speculation
- July 19: Vancouver Courier:NDP’s Dix questions VSB’s list of East Side school closures
- July 14; Vancouver Courier: Vancouver trustees revive Mandarin program, delay it a year
- June 29: News 1130:Parents fear schools will close regardless of rally
- June 29: The Province:Education crisis (letter)
- June 29: Vancouver Sun:Dancing education to death
- June 24: Vancouver Courier:Eleven Vancouver schools eyed for closure
- June 24: Vancouver Courier:VSB cuts $16m from budget – blames Ministry of Education
- June 24: Vancouver Sun:A dozen Vancouver schools named as candidates for closure
- June 24: The Province:11 schools on chopping block as budget battle continues
- June 23: CBC News:Vancouver board posts school closure list
- June 23: CKNW:VSB vote Wednesday night will contain cuts
- June 23: The Province:How can the Education minister live with herself?
- June 23: Vancouver Courier:School board meeting to feature cuts and closures
- June 16-18 letters to the editor:Here, here, here, here, here and here
- June 18: News 1130:VSB submits revised budget to Victoria
- June 18: CKNW:VSB delivers draft budget early
- June 18: Metro News:150 job cuts, 10 possible school closures in VSB budget
- June 17: Vancouver Sun: School board trustees cut Mandarin program, warn of 9 school closures
- June 17: Globe & Mail:VSB files budget,warns of ‘extreme’ consequences
- June 17: Vancouver Courier:Vancouver submits budget in potential defiance of education minister’s directive
- June 17: CBC News:Vancouver could close 10 schools
- June 17: CTV News:Board plans to close several Vancouver schools
- June 16: Georgia Straight:Vancouver school board grapples with budget Catch 22
- June 16: CBC News:Former principals join school fundign protest
- June 16: News 1130: Expert: VSB not only group struggling with budget – report is ‘flawed & unfair’
- June 16: Public Eye:Train in vain?
- June 16: CKNW:Former principals, NDP discuss school woes
- June 16: Vancouver Courier:Budget crisis highlights political pandering and program glut
- June 16, 2010: The Tyee:You go Patti!
- June 15: Oldtown News:Children are not second class citizens!
- June 15: Vancouver Courier:Embattled school trustees consider balanced budget
- June 15: The Province: Costly report ‘not worth the paper it’s printed on’
- June 13: The Report Card:Parents comment on critical Vancouver school report
- June 12: Vancouver Sun: Education Minister should be careful what she wishes for
- June 11: The Province:VSB agrees to submit new budget
- June 11: Vancouver Courier:CG’s report on VSB neglects history
- June 11: Vancouver Courier:Politically correct?
- June 11: Globe and Mail:Better a messy democracy than a bossy bureaucrat
- June 10: CKNW: Many looking forward to June 23
- June 10: CKNW:All eyes on VSB
- June 10: Strategic Thoughts: Political report on VSB
- June 10: Victoria Times Colonist:If health authority boards ran the schools
- June 10: Georgia Straight: VSB fires back at education minister over demand to review draft budget
- June 10: The Tyee:VSB responds to MacDiarmid’s directive
- June 10: News 1130:Education Minister demands review of VSB budget before vote
- June 9: Vancouver Sun:VSB warns of ‘horrendous’ service cuts
- June 9: The Province:‘Horrendous’ cuts to schools will proceed
- June 8: The Province:school boards tally differently
- June 8: Victoria Times Colonist:School board report takes wrong approach
- June 8: Canoe Money:Short sighted cuts to hurt Canada: report
- June 8: Vancouver Sun: No progress as Vancouver trustees, minister meet over funding
- June 8: Globe and Mail:Vancouver School Board talks break down
- June 8: Vancouver Sun: Vancouver Sun looks at closing schools, raising rents, cancelling programs
- June 8: Vancouver Sun:VSB Chair Op Ed: Many flaws in report, but we’ll persist
- June 8: Vancouver Sun:Editorial: Value for money is not VSB’s priority – better education is
- June 7: Vancouver Courier:Trustees’ post mortem on adviser’s criticisms
- June 7: Globe and Mail:Back to the drawing board
- June 6: The Province: Probe pins blame on trustees
- June 6: The Tyee:BC Education Coalition rebuts Comptroller General’s report
- June 5: Georgia Straight:Education advocacy group responds to comptroller general’s report
- June 4: News 1130:Government report about budget shortfall full of errors
- June 4: Vancouver Courier:Special Adviser’s report slams Vancouver School Board for wasteful management and focus on politics
- June 4: Georgia Straight:Special Adviser’s report slams Vancouver school board over financial management
- June 4: The Tyee:Comptroller’s report a ‘missed opportunity’: BCTF
- June 4: Vancouver Sun:Vancouver school board could have avoided financial shortfall: report
- June 4: CBC News:School Board responds
- June 4: CBC News:Report slams Vancouver School Board management
- June 3: Georgia Straight:Vancouver school district deficit grows
- June 2: Vancouver Courier:Countdown’s on
- June 2: Vancouver Courier: VSB online learning program charged govt twice for some students
- June 1: CTV News:Maria Weisgarber on Vancouver school cuts
- June 1: News 1130:Students rally against education budget shortfalls
- May 29: Vancouver Sun:Comptroller General under pressure
- May 27: The Tyee:Ministry introduces cost savings measure; BCTF not impressed
- May 26: The Report Card:Administrative changes just a diversion, BCTF says
- May 26: Globe and Mail:School board hopes review will produce more money
- May 21: Vancouver Courier: Year of the protest
- May 20: Georgia Straight:School board prepares to lay off 341 public school teachers
- May 5: Vancouver Courier:Band and strings program granted temporary reprieve
- Apr 30: Vancouver Sun:List of porposed school closures in Vancouver expected in June
- Apr 29: Georgia Straight:Public education in jeopardy in Vancouver
- Apr 29: Globe and Mail:VSB to delay budget until financial review is finished
- Apr 29: CBC News:VSB considers closing schools
- Apr 29: Vancouver Sun:School officials preparing list of Vancouver schools that could close
- Apr 29: CTV News:Students stage read in to protest cuts
- Apr 29: Vancouver Courier:School board stalls budget pending provincial review
- Apr 29: The Report Card:Vancouver delays budget vote, rescuing band & string programs
- Apr 28: Vancouver Courier:Adviser appointment a waste of effort
- Apr 28: Vancouver Courier:Education minister practices deadly neglect
- Apr 28: Vancouver Sun:The message is clear: Public education Matters
- Apr 27: Vancouver Sun:Vancouver cuts number of school days to save $1.3 million
- Apr 27: The Province:Massaging the figures
- Apr 27: Globe and Mail:Vancouver school year shortened
- Apr 27: CBC News:Vancouver shortens school year
- Apr 27: Vancouver Courier:School board shortens year to trim budget
- Apr 27: Vancouver Sun:10 days go, as VSB makes first million dollar cut
- Apr 27: The Province:VSB cuts 10 days from school year, saves $1m
- Apr 27: Straight.com:Vancouver school board looks for savings by extending spring break
- Apr 26: CTV News:VSB cuts 10 days from next school year
- Apr 25: The Province:Ask the right questions
- Apr 23 – Vancouver Courier:Mini school students denounce budget cuts
- Apr 23 – Vancouver Courier:People want more public school funding: poll
- Apr 23 – Vancouver Courier:Class notes – Study group & Numbers game
- Apr 23 – Vancouver Sun: VSB cuts to music programs – The VSO responds
- Apr 22 – The Report Card:Victoria trustees urge MacDiarmid to cancel Vancouver’s Special Adviser
- Apr 22 – The Province:BC Adviser has too many accountants: School Chair
- Apr 21 – CTV:Controversial school board oversight process underway
- Apr 21 – The Province:BC Education Minister under siege over school cuts
- Apr 20 – Vancouver Courier: Education Minister defends special adviser, won’t rule out appointed boards
- Apr 19 – Vancouver Sun:Trustees urged to continue battle for school funding
- Apr 19 – News 1130:Vancouver parents rally for ‘Sutdents before stadiums’
- Apr 18 – CBC News:Education funding rally draws 500 in Vancouver
- Apr 18 – Vancouver Sun:Educators, parents rally around need for education funding
- Apr 18 – CTV News:Students, teachers rally against cuts to schools
- Apr 18 – CKNW:Parents, students say no to education cuts
- Apr 16 – Vancouver Courier:School board chair sees silver lining in provincial review
- CTV News:Drastic cuts on schools
- The Province:Vancouver School Board plans layoffs as part of ‘devastating’ cuts
- CKNW:Schools hit by financial disaster
- Globe and Mail: Vancouver board to lay off dozens of staff, close school, drop 10 days
- CBC News:190 layoffs proposed by Vancouver School Board
- Vancouver Sun:No school closures, but 190 jobs on the line as Vancouver district wrestles with budget shortfall
- CBC.ca:VSB Chair explains $18 million budget crisis, tough choices ahead
- Georgia Straight:VSB braces for cuts
- CTV News:VSB claims cash crisis
- CBC News: Funding crunch means cuts at BC schools
- CKNW:Robbing Peter to pay Paul
- Vancouver Courier:Unkindest cuts
- Vancouver Courier:West End school loses inner city tag, extra funding and staff
- Vancouver Courier:School closures on the table to balance Vancouver school district books
- CBC News:BC teachers face layoffs in funding crunch
- Vancouver Sun:Carbon reporting order staggers school trustees
- Vancouver Sun:Vancouver schools need repairs worth $500 million – Putting off fixes could bring ‘staggering costs down the road’
- Vancouver Sun: Council, School Board protest funding cuts
- Vancouver Sun:Vancouver Board of Education calls emergency meeting over funding crisis
- CTV News:Olympic school program launch coincides with funding cuts
