This record covers what ABC Vancouver publishes about school board candidate Matt Kroeker, the party's council and School Board platform items that touch on schools and child care, his VoteMate page, his public LinkedIn profile, and the published reports and lists that name him as a 2026 candidate. No interview, op-ed or statement by Kroeker outside his ABC Vancouver page was found.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured October 4, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Schools and student support2/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“Matt is committed to ensuring every student has access to a safe, high-quality, and nurturing education.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on schools: 3 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools, sets catchment boundaries and approves the district budget. Teacher pay and the provincial funding formula are set by the province.
No position found by voche.me as of October 4, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 5 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education approves the school district’s operating and capital budgets. The Province sets the funding formula and the school tax.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 5 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education sets safety policies for its schools and decides whether police liaison officers work in them. Policing itself is the Vancouver Police Department’s.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on child care: 3 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education decides how school buildings and land are used, including child care on school sites. Licensing and operating funding are provincial.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Matt Kroeker
Matt Kroeker appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for School Board, with ballot number 312. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The page says Kroeker started a career as a certified teacher with the Vancouver School Board. The page says the candidate earned an MBA from UBC and took further courses at schools including the University of Toronto. The page says Kroeker has spent more than ten years in senior leadership roles in the enterprise technology industry.
ABC Vancouver's candidate page says Kroeker holds a Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University, a Bachelor of Education in Technology and Critical Thinking from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from the University of British Columbia, and has completed executive education at the University of Toronto.
The party page says Kroeker began as a certified teacher with the Vancouver School Board. No independent record of that employment was found.
The party page says Kroeker spent more than ten years in senior roles in enterprise technology, leading large change projects for large organizations. It names no employer.
The party page says Kroeker has volunteered for more than ten years in Canada and overseas with an international children's charity that supports orphaned and at-risk children. The charity is not named on the page.
Daily Hive reported on August 27, 2026 that ABC Vancouver named Kroeker to its school board slate for the October 17 election.
Kroeker appears on the Vancouver ballot as number 312 for school board trustee, according to the candidate list published on September 22, 2026.
A LinkedIn profile under his name, read on October 4, 2026, lists Adobe as his employer, the University of British Columbia, a BC teaching certificate issued in August 2004, and volunteer work from 2012 to 2025 with International China Concern, a charity that runs a sponsored walk in Canada and children's homes in China. Its photo shows the same person as his ABC Vancouver portrait. These are his own descriptions of himself; Adobe, the charity and the province were not asked to confirm them.
Kroeker did not answer the student newspaper The Griffins' Nest, which sent its School Board questionnaires to every candidate in September 2026.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
12 commitments shown · Checked Oct 4
2026 · EducationCampaign pledge
Swimming lessons during school hours
ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform says the party will bring swimming lessons into the school day.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The commitment appears on the party platform page. The party's School Board one-page platform says an ABC School Board will work with the Park Board and community partners to bring swimming instruction into physical education, and the party's September 28, 2026 release adds free access for children aged 3 to 12 to the first three levels of the Joe Fortes Learn-to-Swim program. None of the three pages names Kroeker, and none says which grades are covered or how the lessons would be paid for.
What still needs checking
Which grades are covered, and which body pays for pool time and instructors.
School tax collected in Vancouver staying in Vancouver
The party platform says ABC will fight to ensure the provincial school tax collected in Vancouver goes to Vancouver schools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page states the aim, and the party's School Board one-page platform gives its figures: it says the Province will collect $658,682,122 from Vancouver residents through the school tax in 2026, that the Vancouver School Board received $598,400,000 in provincial grants for its 2025-2026 budget, and it asks for the $60 million difference. The Province sets the school tax and how school money is shared out, so this is a request to another government. Neither page names Kroeker.
What still needs checking
What step a trustee could take to change how the province distributes that money.
After-school programming and extracurricular activities
The party platform says ABC will keep extracurricular activities available and expand after-school programming.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page lists both items, and the party's September 28, 2026 release repeats them. Neither gives a budget figure, a number of places or a start date, and neither names Kroeker.
What still needs checking
How many after-school places would be added, and in which schools.
The party platform says ABC will increase investment in teaching assistance.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page lists the item. The party's School Board one-page platform adds that an ABC School Board will increase teaching assistants and specialized support staff for students with diverse learning needs. Neither page gives a number of positions, a cost or a date, and neither names Kroeker.
What still needs checking
The number of positions intended and the funding source.
Access to a safe, high quality school for every student
The candidate page says Kroeker is committed to ensuring every student has access to a safe, high-quality and nurturing education.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a statement of aim on the candidate's own page, read through the WebFetch tool on September 26 and again on October 4, 2026, because abcvancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests. No measure, motion, budget line, number or date is named.
What still needs checking
Which board decisions Kroeker would change, and how.
2026 · Safe schooling for every studentCampaign pledge
Safe schooling for every student
The page says Kroeker would work so that every student gets schooling that is safe and of good quality.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. This restates the same aim as the access-to-a-safe-high-quality-school-for-every-student entry above, so it is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
The ABC platform says the party will mandate that provincially approved drug consumption sites be located away from schools and parks.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page states the commitment. The provincial health authority and the City's zoning bylaw decide where these sites go, so the School Board has no vote on it. No separate statement from Kroeker was found.
What still needs checking
What distance rule the party wants and which authority would apply it.
The party platform says ABC will double childcare spaces from a base of 2,000.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform states the target. It does not give a completion date or say how many of the new spaces would sit on school sites. No separate statement from Kroeker was found.
What still needs checking
The deadline for the target and how many spaces would be built on school district land.
The party's School Board platform says an ABC School Board will maintain the School Liaison Officer program and strengthen partnerships between schools, families and trained police officers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party's one-page School Board platform and its September 28, 2026 release both state the commitment. Neither page names Kroeker. The Board decides whether police liaison officers work in its schools. No cost, number of officers or date is given.
What still needs checking
Whether Kroeker would keep the program in its current form or change it.
Specialized training and individual supports for students
The party's School Board platform says an ABC School Board will expand specialized training, classroom resources and individualized supports so teachers can help every student succeed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The one-page School Board platform states the commitment. It does not name Kroeker and gives no number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which supports, how many staff, and which budget line would pay for them.
A monthly committee of Council, Park Board and School Board
ABC's September 28, 2026 release says the party will set up a committee across the three elected bodies that meets monthly to oversee its family plan and track waitlists, new openings and access.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party release states the commitment. It does not name Kroeker, and it does not say who would sit on the committee or when it would start.
What still needs checking
Whether the School Board would vote to join such a committee, and which trustees would sit on it.
Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
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Reporting
Daily Hive
Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates
The article lists ABC Vancouver's school board slate for 2026 and names Kroeker among the five new trustee candidates. It carries no separate profile of Kroeker.
Candidates Questionnaire Week 1: Meet your School Board candidates and find out why they're running
The Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper published School Board candidates' answers on why they are running. It lists Kroeker among the candidates who were sent the questionnaire and did not respond by the deadline.
Sources checked October 4, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
For Our Kids Vancouver and PACES Vancouver · September 25, 2026
No personal campaign website was found, and the City's candidate list records no website, social media account or contact for him. A LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/matthewkroeker could be read on October 4, 2026 without signing in. Its photo shows the same person as his ABC Vancouver portrait, and it lists Vancouver, the University of British Columbia, a BC teaching certificate and more than ten years with an international children's charity, so it is used here as his own description. Its work history before Adobe is hidden from readers who are not signed in, so the earlier technology roles and the senior leadership the party page describes were not checked. The province's public teacher registry lists certificate holders by name only, and its entries under the surname Kroeker give no detail that ties any of them to the candidate, so his teaching certificate and the Vancouver School Board teaching role were not confirmed. The charity's own Walk the Wall pages do not name him. Two Facebook pages under the name Matt Kroeker show only a sign-in wall, and an X account, a furniture designer's site and a second LinkedIn profile under similar names do not mention Vancouver schools or the election, so nothing from them is used. His VoteMate page states he has not uploaded a profile; the promises it shows are ABC party text. He did not answer The Griffins' Nest questionnaires of September 22 and 28, 2026. ABC Vancouver published a one-page School Board platform in September 2026, but it names no candidate, so its commitments are recorded as party positions. An online forum on October 6, 2026 invited School Board candidates from all parties; no source says whether Kroeker will take part. He has never held elected office, and a search of the Vancouver School Board's Board minutes of April 29, April 30, May 27 and June 17, 2026 and its committee reports of September 9, 2026 found no mention of him. His nomination papers are linked on the City's list and have not been reviewed. No interview, speech, op-ed or independent profile naming Kroeker was found.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 2 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here. This site blocks automated requests, so each quotation was read from the live page twice, independently.
Sources reviewed again on October 4, 2026: the ABC Vancouver candidate page, platform page, School Board platform and September 28 release, the City's candidate list, VoteMate, The Griffins' Nest questionnaires, CTV News, a LinkedIn profile matched to him by photo and background, and the Vancouver School Board's 2026 minutes.
Checks still to do: Verify professional roles and request transparent procurement and student-data safeguards.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Period not stated
Certified teacher, Vancouver School Board
The party page names this as the start of Kroeker's working life and gives no dates, schools or subjects.
Enterprise product specialist, data and insights, Adobe
His LinkedIn profile lists Adobe as his employer, and the monthly articles he publishes there from November 2025 to September 2026 sign him as an enterprise product specialist and then a product subject matter expert for Adobe's data and analytics products. This is his own description and was not confirmed by Adobe.
His LinkedIn profile says he was a site coordinator for the charity's Walk the Wall fundraising walk from 2012 to 2025, recruiting and managing its volunteers, and a short-term volunteer at its homes in China from 2015 to 2025. This matches the ABC Vancouver page's mention of more than ten years with an international children's charity. The charity's own pages do not name him.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
How would you decide whether a technology purchase improves learning enough to justify its cost?
No response has been submitted.
How would you balance student learning support, facilities and staffing within the district’s available funding?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Matt Kroeker's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Matt Kroeker?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Matt Kroeker's own campaign.
What is Matt Kroeker's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Matt Kroeker is number 312 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for School Board.
What party did Matt Kroeker run with?
Matt Kroeker ran for School Board with ABC Vancouver.
Does Matt Kroeker currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Matt Kroeker.
How many sources does this Matt Kroeker profile cite?
This profile lists 3 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Matt Kroeker filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Matt Kroeker. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Matt Kroeker's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Matt Kroeker in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Matt Kroeker ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the School Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
Added the party's School Board platform, his LinkedIn background, an October 6 forum and new reports
Added ABC Vancouver's one-page School Board platform and its September 28, 2026 Raising Vancouver release, which add three party commitments (keeping the School Liaison Officer program, specialized supports for students, and a monthly committee of Council, Park Board and School Board) and add detail to four existing ones. None of these pages names Kroeker, so they stay party positions. Added a LinkedIn profile that shows the same person as his ABC Vancouver portrait and gives his employer and the charity he volunteered with; the September 26 review had not been able to read it or tie it to him. Added The Griffins' Nest questionnaires of September 22 and 28, which list him as not responding, CTV News's ballot list, the City's candidate list entry and an online School Board forum on October 6. Corrections: the commitments on the school tax and on drug consumption sites are now marked as needing another government, because the Province sets the school tax and decides with the City where those sites go; the research notes said ABC had no separate School Board platform, and it published one in September 2026. Removed the October 3 advance voting day from the calendar because that date has passed.
Tagged every commitment for the voche.me score and added two party platform pledges
Every commitment was tagged for the School Board score. The access-to-a-safe-high-quality-school-for-every-student pledge was corrected to match the candidate page's exact wording, which does not qualify the commitment by a child's circumstances. Two commitments already on ABC Vancouver's platform, mandating drug consumption sites away from schools and doubling child care spaces, were added because they were missing from this record though already tagged for the party's other School Board candidates. The seven-step search log and questionnaire status were recorded. No Vancouver School Board record was found for this first-time candidate, and no independent statement in Kroeker's own words was found beyond his ABC Vancouver candidate page.
