Parents' Pleas Win the Day: No Vancouver Schools to Close
Rather than shut schools to save money, district may expand their uses, including for daycare.
By Katie Hyslop
6 Dec 2010
TheTyee.ca

…. "If we close the space down now, we're in a position of having to open it again in a couple of years. We could actually be financially further behind than if we close now."

Both the Vision trustees and the superintendent's report recommend the City of Vancouver and the VSB work together to provide community programming in school spaces, especially childcare spaces, which they are considering offering at no cost to the provider.

"We are one of the largest providers of space for childcare supports, we do rent out space, but one of the issues we hear from the providers is it's very hard financially for some of these daycares to survive," says Bacchus.

"(The City) supports many other programs and agencies that rent space in other buildings that may be possible to consider moving in. We're also going to look at the potential for shared services."

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