Category: Vancouver school board

Vancouver School Board Votes to Bring Police Back to Schools

The Vancouver School Board voted Nov. 28 to reinstate the School Liaison Officer (SLO) program. Officers are to return to the schools by Sept. 2023.  The program ended early last year after some said it has negative impact on the members of the visible community. Four days before this decision was made, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner Kasari…


Michael Zwaagstra: Abolishing Honours Programs in the Name of Equity is Absurd

Commentary School board elections are heating up in Vancouver. The heat is caused, in part, by a group of trustee candidates pledging to bring back honours courses, which the current board abolished last year. Many parents were upset when the honours courses were cut, particularly since they were the only way for gifted students to…