Olympic Village, Vancouver
Joined May 2019
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Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
BC government will plan a new elementary school in Burnaby's booming Brentwood district.
It's the most expensive public school project in BC history.
With space for 800 students, it could also be BC's largest elementary school. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
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Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
I’m so tired of #bcpoli govts (all of them) dragging their feet instead of funding obviously needed school space. This is making so many families’ lives more difficult and stressful than they need to be. Enough already. #bced
In response to the growing capacity crisis our district is facing, staff are proposing changes to the school space guiding principals: newwestschools.ca/changes-co… This will be discussed more at Tues' Operation, Policy and Planning Cmte mtg. Pls join via Zoom or in person.
Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
🌳 We’re excited to share proposed designs for East Park, a new waterfront park coming to False Creek!
From today until April 16, have your say on two concept visions which propose a mix of habitat areas, connections and welcoming spaces.
Visit: ow.ly/QvlX50R2rAS
ALT A site map depicting the south side of the East Park site (between the Seaside Greenway and East First Avenue) in red.
Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
Vancouver's "bike streets" are sadly not safe enough for the majority.
Tell the city we deserve better by signing the petition.
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Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
Imagine having your neighbourhood school close its doors to your children even though you're living in the catchment area. School construction has simply not kept up with predictable population growth. Changes in the process are much needed! #bced #bcpoli
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Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
#EntrepreneurCallOut
I don't want to do the #FOIA stuff. @BCNDPCaucus, you made a mistake trying to charge $10.
Anybody have the data for Kindergarten Lotteries by year?
What about this #CAC data? Anybody have the data on where the monies were raised and where they were spent?
@j_mcelroy loved your piece on kindergarten wait lists. Would be interested to know how many $$ the city accepted in CACs from developers in the last 10 yrs in these neighbourhoods.
Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
hi @cityofvancouver has there been any progress in the last two months? This high-traffic section of the seawall is still closed and the weather is turning to spring. Do you have an ETA for a reopening?
Hi @CityofVancouver @ParkBoard why is the seawall closed at Cambie? It’s been a few days at least and there’s still no notices explaining why or how long.
Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
So I was chatting with @PtFry about the need for City Councilors to be liaisons to schools.
Here's an example of why:
The @VSB39 has NO PLAN to ever make Thunderbird Elementary School safe; rather it has covert plans for land disposition. This is fundamentally unfair, #vanpoli.
Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
Approximately 270 children in Vancouver about to enter Kindergarten are on wait-lists to get into 15 separate schools across the city.
It happens year after year, and it won't be getting better for a while.
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Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
Friend applied to catchment school for Kindergarten and is 57th on wait list. She is a single mom. teaches at this school, and doesn’t drive. Being told there is no room at the school two blocks away.Daughter has to go to a school 40 minute bus ride away. How are you fixing this?
Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
Reality = Nothing announced in Vancouver! #vanpoli
Not even Olympic Village 🏫
@GeorgeChowBC is not talking about David Thompson or the need for a school in the River District. Why?
@MichaelLeeBC still not provided any answers on VSB land disposition & enrolment issues. Why?
Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
I wish my MLA @GeorgeHeyman did the equivalent of this for his Vancouver Fairview riding and future Little Mountain riding. Or is George retiring as the Kindergarten Lottery champion of BC? Maybe all of Canada 🇨🇦 ?
Speak up for your constituents!
#bcpoli
🚨 With the upcoming Budget 2024, I'll be looking to see whether Premier @Dave_Eby and the provincial government are making the much needed investments in community infrastructure for South Vancouver with our rapidly growing population. #bcpoli
🚍 Whether it is increased public transit, accessible healthcare services, stronger capital funding for our schools, or supports for seniors and community safety -- the province must make these investments for our community.
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If only the @VSB39 school that is currently being rebuilt a few blocks away could contemplate the additional 9,000 people that will make up this community. #planingfail #vanpoli
#Senakw in #Vancouver: emerging shapes. ~6,000 homes (~1,200 affordable). Car-light. Easy walk or bike to BC's 2 largest job centres. Big contributor to financial independence for the Squamish Nation. We need more -- a lot more.
Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
For more than 15 years there’s been talk of building a school in Vancouver’s Olympic Village, yet the barren piece of land set aside for the elementary school remains undeveloped.
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Absolutely! The number of time we'll see this repeated in all the "new" Vancouver 'hoods only compounds the impact on families - those living in condos who the government feels should be pushed out to the glory of suburbia. River District, Senakw, Jericho, Oakridge... TBC
Schoolless Olympic Village retweeted
Here’s my story (with reporting from @CBCLarsen) on another year with no school for Olympic Village.
Four years isn’t a “fact track” for anything — unless you’re a government making excuses.