June 6, 2022 

Vancouver, B.C. – On Monday, June 6, 2022, at a Special Board meeting, the Vancouver School Board approved the closure of Queen Elizabeth Annex (QEA) effective June 30, 2023. The decision comes after District staff recommended the closure of QEA on January 17, 2022, at a public Board meeting.

On January 31, the Board approved proceeding with a public engagement process, which occurred from February to April. More than 1,000 participants completed an online survey, attended a community dialogue session and/or submitted direct email feedback to the Board. The engagement summary report detailing What We Heard and email submissions were presented to the Board on May 30 and the Board heard delegations about the report on June 2.

“School closures are difficult conversations and the decision to close the school was not made easily,” says Board Chair Janet Fraser. “Recognizing there may be many questions from the impacted school communities, District staff will immediately begin to work with impacted students, families and staff to support a successful transition ahead of the move in September 2023.”

Following the Board’s decision, District staff will determine where current QEA students will be relocated starting in the 2023/24 school year and communicate this decision to staff and families by June 24. Further, as per Board Policy 14, the Superintendent will make a recommendation to the Board in the coming weeks regarding an alternate use of the QEA site.

For more information visit govsb.ca/qea.

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