Closing BC schools – a quick fix solution?

February 19, 2010

Since 2002, 176 schools have been closed in BC, and over 50 more closures are threatened over the next few years. However, demographic models suggest that closures are only a quick-fix solution. School-age populations have dropped significantly in the last several years but are expected to increase rapidly in the coming decades, meaning schools must eventually be re-built. Read the full story in The Tyee.