Queen Elizabeth Annex: Things to Consider

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Queen Elizabeth AnnexThings to Consider

• Greg Lawrence
• Presentation to Vancouver School Board
• 11 March 2008

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1. Catch -22

• The schools at UBC are horribly overcrowded, but
  the Ministry of Education requires 95 capacity
  throughout district to qualify for support for
  new space
• The district is operating at 86, but is too
  large and complicated to deal with in one go
• Result proposal to close school, sell land, with
  real prospect that it will be turned into private
  school for boys

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• 2. Demographics

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3. COSTS

• It is outrageous to compare costs of operating
  QEA with those of the UHill Schools and Jules
  Quesnel
• The cost per student of operating QEA is
  6,000/year whereas the District Average is
  7,300/year
• Data for other schools appears to be unavailable

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• QEA costs includes 1,800/year fixed costs and
  4,200 student based costs
• Moving the students elsewhere and closing the
  school might save about 200,000/year
• Alternatively, adding students to satisfy extreme
  unmet demand for French Immersion would only cost
  4,200/student, which is 3,100 less than
  District average of 7,300
• QEA could readily accommodate an extra 65 French
  immersion students for a saving of 200,000 and
  stem the flow to independent schools

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4. Independent Schools

• Throughout district independent elementary school
  enrollment is about 20 of public school
  enrollment
• Independent elementary school enrollment in Point
  Grey/Dunbar is greater than public school
  enrollment