OneCity's School Board plan: Kingsgate, One Britannia, school meals and open meetings
OneCity's School Board candidates would rebuild Kingsgate Mall and Britannia as public hubs with schools, child care, community centres and homes, build a universal school meal program, protect arts and music, open board meetings and limit AI chatbots to Grades 10 to 12.
SCHOOL BOARD
The aim of Better Schools, in the party's words
OneCity has a plan to harness the power of the Vancouver School Board and transform how our city expands childcare, invests in our students and staff, and leverages the potential of the VSB’s public land, for the public good.
OneCity's School Board candidates, Krista Sigurdson, Rory Brown, Sherry Breshears, Christopher Lee (李基鵬) and Steve Cardwell, released Better Schools on September 29, 2026. The party's idea is to use land the Vancouver School Board already owns to build child care, community centres and homes, without selling any of it.
Two building projects lead the plan: a community hub on the Kingsgate Mall site in Mount Pleasant, and One Britannia, a rebuild of the 18-acre Britannia site in East Vancouver. The rest is district-wide: child care in schools, universal meals, protected school land, open board meetings, protected arts and music, Indigenous language learning, supports for students with disabilities, mental health services and limits on AI.
The School Board runs schools and plans its land. Housing and rezoning need City Council, community centres need the Park Board, and the Province sets the funding formula and child care licensing, so much of the plan depends on other bodies agreeing.
4 CHAPTERS
Every chapter in Better Schools
Turn Kingsgate into a Community Hub
OneCity School Board plan for Kingsgate Mall: a new school, child care and homes
- Keep Kingsgate in public ownership
- A New Public School
- A New Community Centre
One Britannia
OneCity's One Britannia: rebuilt schools, child care, an ice rink and homes
- Rebuilt Elementary & Secondary Schools
- Childcare for Working Families
- A New Community Centre & Ice Rink
Childcare for All, Universal Meals and Protected School Lands
OneCity School Board plan: child care in schools and free meals for every student
- Childcare for All
- Universal, Nutritious Meals
- Protected School Lands
Governance, School Programs and Student Supports
OneCity on the VSB: open meetings, protected arts and music, AI limits in schools
- Transparent & Accountable Governance at the Board Table
- Protected School Programs
- Indigenous Student Success Through Language & Culture
WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT
Who holds the power for these 19 commitments
Each chapter page names the body for every commitment and gives the reason in one sentence.
ON THE BALLOT
The OneCity candidates behind this
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about Better Schools
What is OneCity's School Board platform?
OneCity's Better Schools plan, released September 29, 2026, would rebuild Kingsgate Mall and Britannia as public hubs with schools, child care and homes, create universal school meals, protect arts and music, open board meetings and limit AI chatbots to Grades 10 to 12 (OneCity Better Schools plan).
Who are OneCity's School Board candidates?
Krista Sigurdson, Rory Brown, Sherry Breshears, Christopher Lee (李基鵬) and Steve Cardwell are OneCity's School Board candidates. They released the party's Better Schools plan on September 29, 2026 (OneCity Better Schools plan).
Would OneCity sell Vancouver School Board land?
No. OneCity says its plan would use land the Vancouver School Board already owns to build child care, community centres and homes, without selling any public land (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).
Does OneCity support universal school meals in Vancouver?
Yes. OneCity would build a universal, nutritious school food program so every VSB student, whatever their family's income, can get healthy food during the school day (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).
Can the School Board build housing and community centres?
The School Board controls its land, but housing needs City Council to approve rezoning and permits, and community centres are run by the Park Board. OneCity says it would plan its Kingsgate and Britannia hubs with its Council and Park Board candidates (OneCity Better Schools plan).
Sources
Every commitment on this page comes from the party's own material, marked SAYS SO ITSELF. It proves what the party says it would do. Who holds each power is our own addition, from the sources listed after it.
- OneCity's School Board Team Announces Better Schools: A Plan to Harness the Power of the VSB to Build More Childcare, Community Centres, and Homes SAYS SO ITSELFOneCity · published · checked