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The Villages Plan Did Not Pass. The Coordination Gap Did.
One city, three timelines. Downtown shows what happens after school pressure arrives. Rupert and Renfrew shows the pressure forming. Carleton shows what disappears when a public option is removed before the future is reconciled.
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The 2019 Decision
The Split Record, piece one of twenty-one. A weekly reading of the public record on Vancouver's school lands, published Mondays.
Vancouver Villages and School Capacity: What the Public Hearing Revealed
343 people spoke at Vancouver's Villages hearing; 2,245 opposed. Our data shows village catchments with over-capacity, seismically at-risk schools and an unmodeled CSF gap. We surface evidence, not recommendations.
The Hidden Housing Question: Is There Even Room at the School?
When families search for a home in Metro Vancouver, they check the commute, the walkability, the neighbourhood. Fewer check whether the local school actually has room for their kids. And across the region, that answer is increasingly no.
Vancouver Villages & School Capacity
An interactive look at how the City’s 17 new villages will reshape neighbourhoods and schools.
What 304 Submissions Reveal About Vancouver’s ODP — And What They Don’t
We reviewed every submissions ahead of Vancouver's 30-year Official Development Plan to understand what residents, organizations, and experts were actually saying — and where the public record remained incomplete.
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