Update 1

Board Meeting - October 17, 2011

Committee II of our Board forwarded a recommendation to proceed with Concept 3 (retention of the 1914 building plus new construction) to our full Board on October 17.  The Board endorsed this recommendation, and staff are now preparing to submit a Project Agreement (funding) request to the Ministry of Education.

Committee II - October 4, 2011

The Project Definition Report for Queen Mary Elementary School was presented to VBE trustees at Committee II on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. Click the following link to see the Meeting Minutes.

Click on the following link to see the Committee Report: Queen Mary Project Definition Report

Update 2

Open House - June 23 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

We would like to thank everyone who took the time to come to the Open House. VSB Planning & Facilities Staff, the City of Vancouver and the project architect team were in attendance to provide project information and to receive community feedback.

Click here to see the Open House Summary

Open House Boards

• Welcome
• Timeline
• Process
• Planning Principles
• Issues and Opportunities
• Site Plan/Aerial/Local Neighbourhood
• Existing Conditions: Photos, Planning Issues, Views, Accessibility Deficiencies, Heritage, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Geotechnical and Arborist Report Summaries, Traffic and Parking, Sustainability
• Option 1 "Full Retention"
• Option 2 "Retention of 1914 & 1926 Buildings"
• Preferred Concept - Option 3 "Retention of 1914 Building" Ground Floor, Second Floor, Lower Floor, Phasing,
• Option 4 "Full Replacement School"
• Aerial View from the Southwest, Aerial View from the North, Aerial View from the Northwest, Second Floor View from the West side of Trimble Street at West 6th Avenue
• Landscape Issues and Opportunities
• Evaluation of Options Matrix
• Cost Summary

Project Definition Report Phase - January 2011

Building directly on the work to-date, the Project Definition phase focusses on the development and review of facility design options, and the identification of a preferred concept design.  The VBE staff, the project consultant team, the City of Vancouver and the Queen Mary School Advisory Committee (QMAC) have worked together in examining various design options for the renewal of Queen Mary. QMAC involves representatives from the Parents Advisory Committee (PAC), teachers and staff, community stakeholders, Trimble After-School Care, Parks Board and Vancouver Board of Education staff. See the Project Charter and Working Relation Diagram for more information.

Update 3

School and NLC Space Program/Allocation Approved - December 2010

The Ministry of Education approved the space required to deliver the core school (3,220 sq. m.) and NLC space (663 sq. m.) programming envisioned for the renewed Queen Mary Elementary School. The NLC space enhancement included uses for school and community programs such as performing arts, literacy programs, arts and cultural programs, out-of-school care, or health connections.

Capital Project Bylaw -December 6, 2010

On December 6, 2010, the Board approved the capital project bylaws for project planning and design related to Strathcona, Queen Mary and Gordon NLC renewal projects. Click here to see the staff memo.

Update 4

Board Endorses the Proposed Conceptual Space Program - December 21, 2009

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT the Board of Trustees endorse the proposed conceptual program and recommendations presented in the Queen Mary NCLD Space Program Report prepared by Brook and Associates and authorize staff to proceed to project identification and definition of an optimal design solution.

Update 5

Open House - October 20, 2009

An Open House was held at Queen Mary on October 20th, 2009 to obtain community feedback on the proposed NCLD program and space allocation. Due to the size of the 23 page document it has been divided into three documents for ease in downloading. All feedback forms and suggestions were reviewed and are summarized in the Queen Mary NCLD Space Program Report.

• Open House Boards - Part 1
• Open House Boards - Part 2
  

Update 6

Queen Mary Visioning Session - April 14, 2009

In the Spring of 2009, the Vancouver School Board held three visioning sessions intended to bring the school community together with local and provincial agencies in order to develop a vision for Queen Mary. The vision is a starting point for planning a renewed school. Through this session, participants were given an opportunity to discuss potential synergies between the agencies and school to see how they might work together in a future NCLD.

Queen Mary Visioning Report:

• English
• Chinese
• Korean

Neighbourhood Learning Centres (Previously named Neighbourhood Centre of Learning and Development)

The Neighbourhood Learning Centres (NLC) Project is part of the Provincial Seismic Mitigation Program which has the objective to optimize the use of upgraded school facilities by bringing together education and community services in a single neighbourhood hub. An enhanced NLC school can be used for services such as early learning or child-care programs, office or meeting rooms for non-profit organizations, health clinics, sports programs, family resource or seniors’ centres, industry training, or branch libraries. The Ministry will provide additional space as part of the capital project to accommodate NLC services. NLC agency partners are expected to provide their own operational funds and are encouraged to contribute capital funding where possible to provide enhanced community facilities. Queen Mary Elementary, General Gordon Elementary and Lord Strathcona Elementary are participating in the project. The renewed schools will include services on site that will benefit students and the community. For more information see Ministry of Education website for additional background information.