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Students, parents and staff urge board to keep Vancouver Flex Academy open
Summary
Dozens of students, parents and staff told the Vancouver School Board that Vancouver Flex Academy provides essential academic, social and mental-health supports, warning that closing or fragmenting the program will harm vulnerable students and asking the board for transparency and alternatives to closure.
Dozens of public commenters urged the Vancouver School Board to preserve Vancouver Flex Academy, characterizing it as a school and a critical support network for students with disabilities, neurodivergent learners and those with mental-health challenges.
Multiple students described direct, personal benefits from Flex. "Flex Academy is suicide prevention," one student told the board, describing repeated past attempts and saying the school had reduced self-harm (Deborah). "Getting rid of the support will kill people," said 14-year-old Ezra Nelson, who credited Flex with…
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