Schools are the heart and soul of our neighbourhoods. Our schools should be places where all students are free to learn and thrive.
In our Neighbourhoods
- Keep neighbourhood schools open.
- Increase child care spaces for pre-school and school-age children on school and publicly owned lands.
In our Schools
- Meet the learning needs of all students.
- Hire teachers and staff by removing all barriers to ensure class size and composition limits are met.
- Lead-free drinking water in all schools.
- Implement Sanctuary Schools policy so that a family’s immigration status does not affect their child’s learning.
At the School Board
- Build housing on VSB property to help alleviate the housing crisis in cooperation with all levels of government.
- Make housing for education workers an education issue.
- Re-open adult ed centers, so anyone who wants to learn can do so in the public system
- Support Indigenous communities to ensure representation on school board.