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.”