Alton Village School Boundary Review Interim Report 1.

Alton Village

School Boundary Review

Interim Report

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New SchoolDue to the growth in the Alton neighbourhood the Ministry of Education has approved a new ALTON VILLAGE School to be built north of Dundas Street.

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Alton Village Community

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Agenda

• Schools Affected• Boundary Committee • Committee Mandate & Process• Boundary Criteria• Interim Options• Next Steps• Questions

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St. Elizabeth Seton

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St. ChristopherSchools Affected

The opening of this new school will

impact the current enrolment at

St. Christopher and St. Elizabeth Seton

Schools

School Boundary Review Committee(SBRC)

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St. Elizabeth SetonMary Blonde

Courtney RainvilleMargaret Lavallee – Alton Village

Diana Rodin – Alton Village

Halton Catholic District School BoardLorrie Naar – Superintendent of Education

Giacomo Corbacio – Superintendent of FacilitiesScott Bland – Administrator of Planning Services

St. ChristopherJohn Karcz

Wendy Vallesi

SBRC Committee • Two parent representatives from each school

community

• The committee represents the interests of all involved parties – the students, families and staff

• Principals and other Board staff are not involved in this process

• The Committee is an Advisory Committee only7

Committee Mandate & Process

• To develop new boundary options for St. Christopher, St. Elizabeth Seton and the new Alton Village Catholic Elementary Schools

• To assess boundary options based on the Halton Catholic District School Board criteria for school boundary adjustments

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Committee Mandate & Process

• To provide interim options to the community for review and feedback

• To review community input & provide a final recommendation(s) to the Board

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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

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Interim Options

Current BoundariesOption 1Option 2Option 3

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Current Boundary - Enrolment

SCHOOL

Building Capacity

(FDK)Max # of

Portables

Capacity with

Portables 2011

Current 2011

PortablesSt. Christopher

483 12 753 652 8St. Elizabeth Seton

460 12 730 706 9TOTAL

943 24 1483 1358 17

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Over Capacity Beyond Capacity Below Capacity At Capacity

Option 1 - Enrolment

15Over Capacity Beyond CapacityAt CapacityBelow Capacity

SCHOOL

Building Capacity

(FDK)Max # of

Portables

Capacity with

Portables 2011

Current 2011



460 12 730 706 9Alton

612 12 882 0 0TOTAL

1555 36 2365 1358 17


17Over Capacity Beyond CapacityAt CapacityBelow Capacity

SCHOOL

Building Capacity

(FDK)Max # of

Portables

Capacity with

Portables 2011

Current 2011



460 12 730 706 9Alton

612 12 882 0 0TOTAL

1555 36 2365 1358 17


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SCHOOL

Building Capacity

(FDK)Max # of

Portables

Capacity with

Portables 2011

Current 2011



460 12 730 706 9Alton

612 12 882 0 0TOTAL

1555 36 2365 1358 17

Below Capacity At Capacity Over Capacity Beyond Capacity

Comparison of Options

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Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Feedback Requested• Please take the time to provide us

with your comments and your preferred Option

• Comments are required by January 20, 2012

• The Committee will review all of your feedback

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Next Steps• Jan 20, 2012 - Community input is due

• Feb 7, 2012 – Committee Final Report presentation to the Board

• Feb 21, 2012 – Public Delegations to the Board and Board approval of new school boundaries

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Questions

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Thank you!

Alton Village School Boundary Review Interim Report 1.

Documents

Transcript of Alton Village School Boundary Review Interim Report 1.