Heather Maxwell

architecture lover / urban explorer / wannabe runner / world traveler / bucket list doer / trying to be nicer to the earth

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@RandyGrskovic Congrats man. Welcome to the club.

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@DinoArchie @VogueTheatre Thanks man! We were there second row in 2020 and hoping to do so again!

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@VaxHuntersCan According to this there are still appointments TWENTY MINS from now for first responders, those that work with children, grocery workers etc. https://t.co/6YpypbzA7m

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@extrachewy @CityofVancouver I've never seen the one in Johnathan Rogers park filled but this one (pre-Covid) was every summer.

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@travisgertz Stu @lackthereof0 took it up for the first time. Great pandemic activity!

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@sarabynoe There's a small covered area in Strathcona Park just south of the skate park.

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@WannabeEinstein We’ve been denied at the four other closest that were accepting cross boundary applications so not sure what choice we actually have.

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

Our #vsb39 options for backup schools are one that is an 18 min walk away or one that is a 63 min walk away. And we only get to confirm our preference. No guarantee.

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@AnthonyFloyd @VanDPAC @janetrfraser @pattibacchus Same situation here. Denied everywhere. Also leading us to have to plan child and after school care in mere weeks when we all know anything kid related in Vancouver has wait lists of years.

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

We’ve been denied kindergarten at all 5 cross boundary (ie the 5 closest schools next to our catchment that we’re still possibly accepting), so what’s next? #vsb39

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@tanyaofmars my 5 year old daughter would love one! Her Nana is the Outreach Coordinator and amateur astronomer with the Royal Astronomical Society In Canada, specifically Kelowna BC. We are big into the solar system and finding ways to represent it.

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@VSB39 Can you explain what “enrolling educational space means” and if that is intended for this September or next? We are still so far on the waitlist we are unlikely to get in, but one additional classroom would be a big help and get us over the edge!

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Metro Vancouver, if we want to avoid having school lotteries like this again next year, and the year after that, and the year after that, then please help keep the conversation going, especially with elected decision-makers and the media.

It’s the only way things will change.

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@vikkhanna @school_olympic @andrea_coutu Not suggesting they do it alone. Just trying to figure out with our own work commutes can we still keep up the healthy climate friendly choice or walking or are we going to default to the car. :(

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

@school_olympic @VSB39 We’ve gone from #26 to #17. Some movement but not enough. :(

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

When do we get an update on what number we are now on the waitlist after @VSB39 announcement today? Still anxious over here. Any idea @school_olympic?

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

Not to mention all the extra carbon created.

[Heather Maxwell @hmaxwellium]

Wondering how much a portable costs at our catchment school versus the amount twenty parents are going to be paying in extra gas/transit/insurance costs to get to a further location. Maybe we can all pitch in? #vsb39