Parents 'shocked' by abrupt closure of Little Sprout Preschool in Vancouver's West End

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The association that runs the school says the closure is due to staffing shortages and low enrolment. The move has left parents scrambling.

nearly every elementary school in Vancouver’s downtown core has a waiting list for kindergarten.

“For a week, it was first-come, first-served. It became a little bit Hunger Games,” she said, adding she hopes they can fundraise or perhaps the government will provide the funding shortfall so the school can stay open until the end of the school year in June. Like Ting and Huppunen, Johnston said she was “shocked” and “sad” about the news, and is hoping funding will be found to keep the school open.Article content

“So I don’t really know what I’m going to do. I’m hoping that they’ll figure something out to at least run it until June, but I also think it would be a real loss for the community to have it shut down.”

 

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