A board of nine elected trustees governs this school district that serves the city of Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands.

As of November 2022, the trustees of the Vancouver School Board, listed by number of votes received during the 2022 Vancouver municipal election, are: As of November 2018[update], the trustees of the Vancouver School Board, listed by number of votes received during the 2018 Vancouver municipal election, are: All positions on the school board were vacated on October 17, 2016, when the elected board was removed by provincial Education Minister Mike Bernier for failing to pass a balanced budget.

[12] The school opened in 1921 and was named after David Lloyd George, the British prime minister from 1916 to 1922.

It was named for British general Charles George Gordon, who was killed at Khartoum in January 1885.

In September 2008, it was selected as one of three schools in a pilot provincially supported "Neighbourhoods of Learning" program.

As of 2016, the current school principal is Monika Sanft and the vice-principal is Megan Davies.

It is located at 2000 Trimble Street at 4th Avenue in the West Point Grey neighbourhood.

Queen Mary Elementary School is on a hill close to Locarno Beach.

[25] Because of its low enrollment and high seismic risk, χpey̓ was shortlisted for closure in 2015, but Vancouver City Council elected to keep it open until at least 2020.

[25] The VSB operates 18 secondary schools within Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands.

Each year over 1400 students apply for mini-schools, with admission based on district assessment results, grade 6 and 7 report cards, applications, and interviews.

[30] Mini-schools in the district include:[31] In June 2014, the Vancouver School Board adopted a new policy regarding transgender children.

It intends to support transgender and LGBTQ in allowing them be called by the name they identify with.