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Vancouver Schools: Establishing Their Heritage Value - Project Backgrounder

The City of Vancouver and the Vancouver School Board are working together to establish the community heritage values of Vancouver public schools. As part of the BC Schools Seismic Mitigation Program, at risk schools will be seismically upgraded over the next 10 to 15 years. Heritage values are important to identify, as seismic upgrading may include options for partial or complete replacement of some schools. Heritage value is one of several factors that will be considered in the seismic upgrading of public schools in the Vancouver.

This project will establish the heritage values of schools and rank schools accordingly. The public has an important role to play to provide information and insights into the heritage values that will contribute to a better understanding of the human/social/architectural history of schools and the role these schools have played in the lives of Vancouver residents and communities. The project process is as follows:

Vancouver School Contextual History [PDF, 2MB] produced by consultants.
Working Group and consultants critique the Essay, identify the important themes of Vancouver's school history, and develop criteria for ranking the heritage value of individual VSB schools. The Working Group is comprised of individuals that represent general community interests and have expertise in the local history of Vancouver schools.
May: Public Open Houses to present themes and evaluation criteria for feedback. See the draft Themes and Criteria (PDF, 79KB).
Consultant researches individual schools, considers public feedback from the Open House and then sorts and groups VSB schools according to evaluation criteria.
Working Group reviews findings on the evaluation of schools.
Public Consultation; final report on the ranking of schools and other factors of importance: seismic standards and public safety; educational / programming needs; functionality of schools, and costs.

Project conclusions are presented to the Vancouver School Board and Vancouver City Council with staff recommendations.

For more information, contact:

City of Vancouver, Heritage Group - Planning
PH: 604-873-7141 – Email: heritage@vancouver.ca
www.vancouver.ca/register

Facilities, Vancouver School Board
PH: 604-713-5254 – Email: heritage@vsb.bc.ca
www.vsb.bc.ca

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Questions or Comments? E-mail: planning@vancouver.ca