Growing pains: Vancouver parents question school board's ability to plan for growth

When Jennifer Cox and her husband bought their East Vancouver home more than two years ago, the nearby school was at the centre of their utopian future. 

Lord Selkirk Elementary was only three blocks away from their house. Their children could easily be dropped off — a huge bonus for busy parents with full-time jobs in the bio-tech sector. 

But when Cox tried to enrol her daughter Elyse in kindergarten for September last year, she was shocked to be put on