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Alton Village School Boundary Review March 8, 2012 Open House/Community Information Meeting 1 New School Due to the growth in the Alton Community the Ministry of Education has approved the new Alton Village Catholic Elementary School to be built north of Dundas Street. 2 Alton Village Community 3 Agenda • Schools Affected • Boundary Committee • Committee Mandate & Process • Boundary Criteria • Additional Boundary Options • Next Steps • Questions 4 Schools Affected The opening of the new Alton Village School will reduce the current accommodation pressures at St. Christopher and St. Elizabeth Seton Schools St. Christopher St. Elizabeth Seton 5 School Boundary Review Committee (SBRC) St. Christopher John Karcz Wendy Vallesi St. Elizabeth Seton Mary Blonde Courtney Rainville Margaret Lavallee – Alton Village Diana Rodin – Alton Village Halton Catholic District School Board Lorrie Naar – Superintendent of Education Giacomo Corbacio – Superintendent of Facilities Scott Bland – Administrator of Planning Services 6 SBRC Committee • Two parent representatives from each school community • The committee represents the interests of all involved parties – the students, families and staff • The Committee is an Advisory Committee Only • Principals and other Board staff are not involved in this process 7 Committee Mandate & Process • To develop new school boundary options for St. Christopher, St. Elizabeth Seton and the new Alton Village Catholic Elementary Schools • To assess school boundary options based on the Halton Catholic District School Board criteria for school boundary adjustments 8 Committee Mandate & Process • To provide school boundary options to the community for review and feedback • To review community input & report the community input to the Board • To submit recommendations to the Board 9 Criteria • Optimizing schools within enrolment capacities • Minimizing use of portable classrooms • Minimize future boundary adjustments • Optimize cost-effective school transportation • Optimize school enrolment to ensure cost-effective program delivery • Consideration of Catholic Parish boundaries to extent possible 10 Recent Milestone Dates • December 6, 2011 – SBRC Presented its Interim Report to Board of Trustees • January 12, 2012 – Open House/Community Information Meeting • January 20, 2012 – Community Input and Comments due date • February 7, 2012 – SBRC Update to Board of Trustees 11 Process – Next Steps • Mach 8, 2012 – 2nd Open House/Community Information Meeting • March 22, 2012 – Additional Community Input and Comments are due • April 17, 2012 – SBRC Presentation of Final Report to Board of Trustees • May 1, 2012 – Public delegations to the Board and Board approves new school boundaries 12 JANUARY 12, 2012 OPEN HOUSE COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING Three school boundary options were presented for community comment and input: Option #1 Option #2 Option #3 13 Community Consult • January 12th Open House/Community Information Meeting was held at St. Elizabeth Seton School • 100 - 125 people attended the Open House/Community Information Meeting where the SBRC reviewed the process, criteria and options • Following the SBRC’s presentation, the floor was opened for parents to ask questions/comments • Approximately 35 parents spoke at the Open House and a total of approximately 45 written comments were received 14 SCHOOL BLDG CAP (FDK) 2011 P/EC 2012 P/EC 2013 P/EC 2014 P/EC 2015 P/EC 2016 P/EC 2017 P/EC 2018 P/EC 2019 P/EC 2020 P/EC 2021 P/EC St. Christopher 483 652 St. Elizabeth Seton 460 706 11 758 14 790 15 851 18 872 19 904 20 956 23 960 23 969 23 960 23 967 23 8 678 9 BELOW CAPACITY 696 10 709 11 700 10 707 10 677 AT CAPACITY 9 663 OVER CAPACITY 8 658 8 640 7 637 7 BEYOND CAPACITY 15 Scenario #2 SCHOOL BLDG CAP(FDK) 2011 P/EC 2012 P/EC 2013 P/EC 2014 P/EC 2015 P/EC 2016 P/EC 2017 P/EC 2018 P/EC 2019 P/EC 2020 P/EC 2021 P/EC St. Christopher 483 652 8 515 2 509 2 506 2 488 1 482 0 462 0 453 -1 447 -1 435 -2 433 -2 St. Elizabeth Seton 460 706 11 516 3 530 4 540 4 535 4 541 4 518 3 500 2 485 2 463 1 469 1 Alton Village CES 612 0 0 405 -9 447 -7 514 -4 549 -2 588 -1 653 2 670 3 695 4 702 4 702 4 BELOW CAPACITY AT CAPACITY OVER CAPACITY BEYOND CAPACITY 16 (Scenario #3) SCHOOL BLDG CAP(FDK) 2011 P/EC 2012 P/EC 2013 P/EC 2014 P/EC 2015 P/EC 2016 P/EC 2017 P/EC 2018 P/EC 2019 P/EC 2020 P/EC 2021 P/EC St. Christopher 483 652 8 495 1 485 1 479 0 458 -1 449 -1 425 -2 416 -2 408 -3 396 -3 394 -3 St. Elizabeth Seton 460 706 11 536 4 554 5 567 5 565 5 574 6 555 5 537 4 524 3 502 2 508 3 Alton Village CES 612 0 0 405 -9 447 -7 514 -4 549 -2 588 -1 653 2 670 3 695 4 702 4 702 4 BELOW CAPACITY AT CAPACITY OVER CAPACITY BEYOND CAPACITY 17 (Scenario #4A) SCHOOL BLDG CAP(FDK) 2011 P/EC 2012 P/EC 2013 P/EC 2014 P/EC 2015 P/EC 2016 P/EC 2017 P/EC 2018 P/EC 2019 P/EC 2020 P/EC 2021 P/EC St. Christopher 483 652 8 469 0 452 -1 438 -2 414 -3 406 -3 378 -4 362 -5 358 -5 353 -5 352 -5 St. Elizabeth Seton 460 706 11 562 5 587 6 608 7 609 7 617 7 602 7 591 6 574 6 545 4 550 4 Alton Village CES 612 0 0 405 -9 447 -7 514 -4 549 -2 588 -1 653 2 670 3 695 4 702 4 702 4 BELOW CAPACITY AT CAPACITY OVER CAPACITY BEYOND CAPACITY 18 Community Feedback • All three Interim Boundary Options were perceived as essentially the same option • Why was only one area considered for redirection and why were other areas not an option for redirection? • Move only the students for the new Alton Village School and keep the St. Christopher and St. Elizabeth Seton School boundaries as is • Community requested to see additional school boundary options involving the school attendance area North of Dryden Avenue and West of Orchard Road 19 Community Feedback • Option #1 was selected as the most preferred option of the three Interim Options • To respond to the community feedback the SBRC requested an extension of time from the Board to complete its mandate • A second Open House/Community Information Meeting was scheduled for March 8, 2012 to provide another opportunity for the community to comment and submit input 20 MARCH 8, 2012 OPEN HOUSE COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING School Boundary Options Option #1 Option #4 Option #5 Option #6 21 SCHOOL BLDG CAP (FDK) 2011 P/EC 2012 P/EC 2013 P/EC 2014 P/EC 2015 P/EC 2016 P/EC 2017 P/EC 2018 P/EC 2019 P/EC 2020 P/EC 2021 P/EC St. Christopher 483 652 St. Elizabeth Seton 460 706 11 758 14 790 15 851 18 872 19 904 20 956 23 960 23 969 23 960 23 967 23 8 678 9 BELOW CAPACITY 696 10 709 11 700 10 707 10 677 AT CAPACITY 9 663 OVER CAPACITY 8 658 8 640 7 637 7 BEYOND CAPACITY 22 MARCH 8, 2012 • The area north of Dundas Street will most likely be redirected to the new Alton Village Catholic Elementary School • This school boundary redirection will most likely be effective for September 2013 • The focus of this evenings Open House/Community Information Meeting is to present the school boundary options for St. Christopher and St. Elizabeth Seton Schools and to seek additional community comment and input • The school attendance area boundaries for these existing two schools would most likely be effective for September 2013 23 24 Option #1 Redirect Attendance Zone I38 to Alton Village CES, and redirect the area south of Blue Spruce Ave. and thea area south and east of Orchard Community Park to St. Elizbeth Seton Bldg Cap (FDK) 2011 St. Christopher 483 St. Elizabeth Seton 460 SCHOOL P/EC 2012 P/EC 2013 P/EC 2014 P/EC 2015 P/EC 2016 P/EC 2017 P/EC 2018 P/EC 2019 P/EC 2020 P/EC 2021 P/EC 652 8 515 2 509 2 506 2 488 1 482 0 462 0 453 -1 447 -1 435 -2 433 -2 706 11 530 4 540 4 535 4 AT CAPACITY 541 4 518 3 500 OVER CAPACITY 2 485 2 469 1 516 3 BELOW CAPACITY 463 1 BEYOND CAPACITY 25 Option #4 Redirect Attendance Zone I38 to Alton Village CES. Bldg Cap (FDK) 2011 St. Christopher 483 St. Elizabeth Seton 460 SCHOOL P/EC 2012 P/EC 2013 P/EC 2014 P/EC 2015 P/EC 2016 P/EC 2017 652 8 678 9 696 10 709 11 700 10 707 10 677 706 11 343 -5 337 -5 323 -6 AT CAPACITY 316 -6 303 353 -4 BELOW CAPACITY P/EC 2018 P/EC 2019 9 P/EC 2020 P/EC 2021 663 8 -6 290 OVER CAPACITY -7 658 8 640 7 637 7 274 -8 265 -8 258 -8 BEYOND CAPACITY P/EC 26 Option #5: Redirect Attendance Zone I38 to Alton Village CES ,and redirect the area north of Dryden Ave. and west of Orchard Road (centre line), to St. Elizbeth Seton. Bldg Cap (FDK) 2011 P/EC 2012 P/EC 2013 P/EC 2014 P/EC 2015 P/EC 2016 P/EC 2017 P/EC 2018 P/EC 2019 P/EC 2020 P/EC 2021 P/EC St. Christopher 483 652 8 491 1 474 0 462 0 438 -2 425 -2 400 -3 385 -4 378 -4 364 -5 362 -5 St. Elizabeth Seton 460 706 11 565 5 584 6 585 6 AT CAPACITY 598 7 580 6 568 OVER CAPACITY 5 554 5 540 4 SCHOOL 540 4 BELOW CAPACITY 534 4 BEYOND CAPACITY 27 Option #6 Attendance Zone I38 to Alton Village CES , and redirect the area south of Dryden Ave. and west of Sutton and the area north of Dryden Ave. and west of Orchard Road (centre line), south of Easton (centre line) including Ravine Cres. to St. Elizbeth Seton Bldg Cap (FDK) 2011 P/EC 2012 P/EC 2013 P/EC 2014 P/EC 2015 P/EC 2016 P/EC 2017 P/EC 2018 P/EC 2019 P/EC 2020 P/EC 2021 St. Christopher 483 652 8 575 5 576 5 571 4 545 3 540 3 505 1 488 1 480 0 467 0 466 0 St. Elizabeth Seton 460 706 11 456 0 463 1 475 1 478 1 483 2 475 1 465 1 452 0 431 -1 436 -1 SCHOOL BELOW CAPACITY AT CAPACITY OVER CAPACITY P/EC BEYOND CAPACITY 28 Feedback Requested • Please submit your comments and your preferred Option • Comments are required by March 22nd • The Committee will review all community feedback & input 29 Next Steps • March 22nd - Community input is due • April 17th - Committee Final Report presentation to the Board • May 1st - Public Delegations to the Board and Board approval of new school boundaries 30 Questions 31 Thank you! 32 END OF PRESENTATION 33