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title: "OneCity School Board team releases plan to redevelop Kingsgate Mall and Britannia as public community hubs"
description: "OneCity's five School Board candidates published a platform on 29 September proposing to keep Kingsgate Mall and the Britannia site in public ownership and rebuild both as hubs with new schools, childcare, and housing."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/news/onecity-school-board-plan-september-29"
last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:01:16.291Z"
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OneCity's five School Board candidates published a platform on 29 September 2026 proposing to rebuild Kingsgate Mall and the Britannia Community Centre site as public hubs that would add schools, childcare, housing, and community facilities without selling any city land.

The announcement came from Krista Sigurdson, Rory Brown, Sherry Breshears, Christopher Lee (李基鵬), and Steve Cardwell, all running for the Vancouver School Board under the OneCity banner.

For Kingsgate Mall in Mount Pleasant, the party says it will keep the land in public ownership and rebuild the site in partnership with Host Nations. According to OneCity's 29 September announcement, the plan would include a new school with vertical flex space, public childcare including before- and after-school care, a 50-metre pool for Mount Pleasant, community space, and affordable housing. All of these are the party's stated plans. The announcement does not give a cost or a construction timeline.

"The current School Board Trustees seem to have no interest in governing our public school system for the greater good," said Steve Cardwell in the party's statement. Cardwell said he spent five years as Superintendent of the Vancouver School District. That biography is from the party's own publication and has not been independently verified.

For the Britannia site in East Vancouver, OneCity's announcement says the party will build new schools for East Vancouver, add public childcare spaces, deliver more ice time and a renewed community centre, and build non-profit affordable housing. The party says it will also add free and low-cost food programs and social development services at the site. No cost or timeline appears in the announcement for the Britannia plan either.

"Neighbours in East Van and Mount Pleasant have been waiting too long," said Sherry Breshears in the same announcement.

The announcement also says OneCity will reverse cuts to arts, music, physical education, and school library programs, which the party describes as core services. The description of those programs as having been cut is the party's characterisation.

You can read full profiles for [Krista Sigurdson](/candidates/krista-sigurdson), [Rory Brown](/candidates/rory-brown), [Sherry Breshears](/candidates/sherry-breshears), [Christopher Lee](/candidates/christopher-lee), and [Steve Cardwell](/candidates/steve-cardwell) on voche.me. See the [OneCity party page](/parties/onecity) for the full platform.

School Board trustees are elected on 17 October 2026. Check your voting place and advance voting dates at [/where-to-vote](/where-to-vote).

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