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Accommodation  Review  Committee  Public  Meeting Tuesday, January 31, 2017 Seaway District High School ‐ Iroquois

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Accommodation Review Committee Public MeetingTuesday, January 31, 2017

Seaway District High School ‐ Iroquois

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ARC 2ACommittee

1ST ALTERNATE(s)  1ST ALTERNATE(s)North Dundas Dundas North Dundas IS/SS Chair Carolyn Barkley No alternate D.Banks/S.McInnes L.McElheran/B.BeaudetteNorth Dundas Dundas North Dundas IS/SS Tim Mills Melissa Cooper No alternate D.Banks/S.McInnes L.McElheran/B.BeaudetteSeaway Dundas Iroquois P.S. Tim Mills Joyce Latulippe Julianne Staebler D.Banks/S.McInnes L.McElheran/B.BeaudetteSeaway Dundas Morrisburg P.S. Tim Mills Kirsten Gardner Charles Cadieux D.Banks/S.McInnes L.McElheran/B.BeaudetteSeaway Dundas Seaway IS/SS Tim Mills Carol Collard (1) Sandra Cummins D.Banks/S.McInnes L.McElheran/B.BeaudetteSeaway Dundas Seaway IS/SS Tim Mills Stephanie Lough (2) Jennifer Graham D.Banks/S.McInnes L.McElheran/B.Beaudette

PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVESFEEDERGROUP

FOS SCHOOL CHAIRPARENT/GUARDIAN MEMBERS

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Agenda

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Agenda

4.Delegations

1) Accommodation Review ‐ a Parents' Perspective ‐Geoff Howard

2) A special needs presentation, focusing on transitioning, anxiety, and transportation ‐ Rhonda Barkley‐Shaver and Lisa Vreman

3) Programming Benefits for Small Schools in Supportive Communities ‐ Susan Barkley

4) A Grandparents Perspective –Wayne Barkley5) We Need to Keep "ALL" of Our Schools ‐Morning Mullin

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Agenda

Short Break

6) Preserving our Future ‐Michael Staebler7) Meeting the Needs of South Dundas & South Stormont: A 

long‐term solution for elementary and secondary students, families and the rural communities of the Upper Canada Region ‐Tom Manley

8) It takes a community to raise a child, it takes a high school to raise a community ‐Mayor Evonne Delegarde and CouncillorMarc St. Pierre

9) UCDSB Programming and Educating our Youth – A Parents Perspective in South Dundas ‐ Paul Horne

10) Teaching South Dundas Students in South Dundas ‐ Jayme Henry, Spencer Fawcett, Nate Collard, Quin Horne

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Agenda

5. Next Steps

6. Statements from the audience (to be included as part of the public record) for the attention of/and consideration by members of the local Accommodation Review Committee. Please note, these statements would be received and 

recorded this evening, then reviewed and discussed at the next working meeting of the ARC.

9:30 pm  Adjourn 

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DraftRecommendationsSeawayFeeder Group

1. Effective September 2017, Seaway District High School be closed,

a) Students in grade 7‐12 residing in the southern portion of the existing Seaway D.H.S. program boundary (along the 401) attend South Grenville D.H.S.

a) Students in grade 7‐12 residing in the northern portion of the existing Seaway D.H.S. program boundary attend North Dundas D.H.S.

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DraftRecommendationsSeawayFeeder Group

2. Effective September 2017, the number of K‐6 elementary schools for the Seaway feeder group of schools be reduced from three to two schools with the closure of Morrisburg Public School,

a) Geographically, students from the feeder group will attend Grades JK‐6 at Iroquois Public School, relocated to the Seaway D.H.S. facility, in accordance with one attendance boundary that encompasses the existing Regular French/English boundaries for each school.

b) Pending ongoing interest, Iroquois Public School continue to offer Early Immersion as a compliment to the Regular French/English program.

3. Iroquois Public School (K‐6) be rebuilt, timeline is pending Capital Plan decisions.

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Context for the Accommodation Review 

The UCDSB has a roster of schools with almost 10,000 vacant pupil places 

The Ministry of Education funding for operating this vacant student space is declining 

The UCDSB has embarked on a Pupil Accommodation Review process, with the goal of reducing the amount of excess space to more efficiently direct its funding to the kinds of learning experiences our communities expect now and into the future 

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The purpose of the Accommodation Review Committees (ARCS)

Accommodation Review Committees (ARCs) provide local information and context that will inform the completion of a final staff report to be submitted to the Board on February 15, 2017 

The Board will decide its response to the recommendations of the Final Staff Report on March 23, 2017

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The Role ofthe ARC 

The role of the ARC is to act as a “conduit of information” to assist the review process as a whole

The essential mandate of the ARCs is to obtain information from their respective school communities in response to the Initial Staff Report, in order to assist the decision‐making responsibilities of the Board of Trustees

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ARC Membership

1 parent/guardian and 1 alternate parent/guardian from each elementary school impacted by the draft recommendations (selected by the respective school councils)

2 parents/guardians and 2 alternate parents/guardians from each Grades 7 to 12 school impacted by the draft recommendations (selected by the respective school councils)

1 elementary school principal 

1 secondary school principal

1 superintendent of schools

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This final report will be presented to the Board of Trustees on February 15, 2017

Final decision of the Board will be made on March 23, 2017 

The Initial Staff Report: DraftRecommendations 

This staff report represents a starting point for discussion 

The recommendations are draft only

The ARC receives feedback on these recommendations

This input will help the senior staff to prepare a final report 

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Public Meetings 

The public meetings will provide a face‐to‐face opportunity to receive information in a similar format to the on‐line survey for the accommodation review 

All feedback will be given equal consideration, regardless if it has been submitted through the survey and/or through public delegations 

Delegations may also be heard by the Board of Trustees on March 2nd

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Opportunity for Statements from the Audience  

Members of the audience will be invited to make statements related to the ARC’s focus on scenarios relating to school closure, rebuilding of schools, and/or the consolidation of pupil spaces.

These statements may be up to a maximum of 3 minutes in length, and will be included as part of the public record for the attention of, and consideration by members of the Accommodation Review Committee.

Please note, these statements would be received and recorded this evening, then reviewed and discussed at the next working meeting of the ARC. 

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Delegation 1 Accommodation Review ‐ a Parents' Perspective

‐Geoff Howard

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Delegation 2 

A special needs presentation, focusing on transitioning, anxiety, and transportation

‐ Rhonda Barkley‐Shaver and Lisa Vreman

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Delegation 3 

Programming Benefits for Small Schools in Supportive Communities

‐ Susan Barkley

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Delegation 4 A Grandparents Perspective

–Wayne Barkley

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Delegation 5 We Need to Keep "ALL" of Our Schools

‐Morning Mullin

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Short Break

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Delegation 6 Preserving our Future

‐Michael Staebler

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Delegation 7

Meeting the Needs of South Dundas & South Stormont: A long‐term solution for elementary and secondary students, families and the rural communities of the Upper Canada Region

‐Tom Manley

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Delegation 8 

It takes a community to raise a child, it takes a high school to raise a community

‐Mayor Evonne Delegardeand Councillor Marc St. Pierre

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Delegation 9 

UCDSB Programming and Educating our Youth –A Parents Perspective in South Dundas

‐ Paul Horne

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Delegation 10 

Teaching South Dundas Students in South Dundas

‐ Jayme Henry, Spencer Fawcett, Nate Collard, andQuin Horne

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Feedback to Date:Cornwall and Highland Families of Schools

COMMON THEMES

Rural and Urban Schools

School Boundaries

Transportation

K‐12 continuity

Facilities and Operations

Finances

Extra Curricular Activities

Programming

Timelines for ImplementationARC Orientation October 2016

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Next Steps:

Continue to review the feedback received, including all survey data, and any delegations/presentations made here tonight

Completion of the ARC Report to the Senior Team

Presentation of the Final Staff Recommendations to Board on February 15, 2017

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Next Steps:

Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees for delegations (Thursday, March 2, 2017)

Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees for final decision on recommendations (Thursday, March 23, 2017)