From NEWS1130 article: “Enrolment numbers in BC schools continue to drop. Province-wide, the population has declined by more than 70,000 students since the 2001-2002 school year.
“Downtown Vancouver is booming,” says School Board Chair Patti Bacchus. “Our schools are full. We have families on waiting lists who are having to go out of our communty to go to school. She notes UBC has also recorded growth.”
Continue to NEWS1130 article: http://www.news1130.com/2013/09/03/enrolment-in-bc-schools-down-once-again/?cid=dlvr.it