One of Vancouver’s oldest schools is again being considered for permanent closure.
It is the third time in 13 years the Vancouver School Board (VSB) has placed Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School on its list of schools that could be shut down for good.
Opened in 1896 on a 261,360-square-foot property at 3250 Kingsway in East Vancouver’s Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood, the school has been temporarily closed since 2016 when it was damaged by a severe fire. Students were then integrated to Cunningham Elementary School.
Now, a VSB staff report is recommending trustees consider the school’s permanent closure, citing a decline in student enrolment along with costly repairs and the need for seismic upgrades to the school’s infrastructure.
“Allocating the necessary district resources to
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