A small but determined group of concerned parents rallied outside Vancouver City Hall on Tuesday.

They gathered to demand that the city, Vancouver School Board (VSB), and province ensure that school spaces keep pace with new housing developments.

The rally — organized by Build Schools Now — comes as the VSB plans to move ahead with a long-term lease of a portion of the Sir Sandford Fleming Elementary School property at Knight Street and 49th Avenue.

“It does not make sense to get rid of school land. We are completely out of space,” said Heman Mehta, PAC chair at Sir Sandford Fleming Elementary.

Mehta says Sir Sanford Fleming is already over capacity — currently sitting 422 students in a school built for 398.

And he fears losing even more space will mean no room for future portables, w

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