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University Transition Program Faces Uncertain Future After Sudden Pause in Admissions
On Jan. 26, Vancouver School Board (VSB) personnel visited the UTP to inform students and teachers that their program admissions have been paused indefinitely, surprising parents, students, and alumni. Representatives of all three groups shared their frustration at the VSB’s decision with The Nest.
How The VSB's Ending of a Special Education Program May Bring Human Rights Litigation Against the District.
The story of how we got here is a complex one, shaped by failed consultations, constituent outcry, and an information war between a public body and the public.
OPINION: The VSB’s revisioning of the MACC is, for lack of a better word, disastrous.
The school board’s “revisioning” of the MACC would essentially break down the program and establish a completely new one, which they plan to call Gifted Enrichment Centres (GECs).