ocdsb centretown , glebe and old ottawa south working committee on accommodations
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OCDSB Centretown , Glebe and Old Ottawa South Working Committee on Accommodations. Interim Report to Hopewell Community May 10, 2011. Background. Several schools in area have population and/or program challenges (some detail following next slide) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
OCDSBOCDSBCentretown, Glebe and Centretown, Glebe and Old Ottawa South Old Ottawa South Working Committee on Working Committee on AccommodationsAccommodationsInterim Report to Hopewell Interim Report to Hopewell Community May 10, 2011Community May 10, 2011
Background Several schools in area have population and/or program
challenges (some detail following next slide) “Emergency” consultation in Fall/Winter led to move of JK for
this Fall from First Ave. to Mutchmor This process is hoped to be instead of a formal
“Accommodations Review Committee,” as that typically takes 2 years and has a lot of cumbersome provincial requirements
Committee includes 2 reps from each school’s Council, plus 1 from each of 3 Community Associations
Schools involved:Cambridge Street Public School Glashan Public SchoolCentennial Public School Hopewell Avenue Public SchoolElgin Street Public School Mutchmor Public SchoolFirst Avenue Public School
Hopewell’s Issues Over-population Decline of English and MFI programs
12%
23%
65%57%16%
27%
Total: 890 (111% of Cap.) Total: 970 (121% of Cap.)
(Projected)
Other FactorsCatchment areas for schools vary widely in sizes for different programs (see following slides)
English JK-6CatchmentAreas
EFI JK-6CatchmentAreas
English 7-8CatchmentAreas
EFI 7-8CatchmentArea
MFI 4-8CatchmentAreas
Issues Before the Working Group
What is a “community school” or a “neighborhood school”?What makes programs stronger or weaker? Does larger numbers necessarily make for stronger programs?With most schools in the study area being older, less flexible structures, and the Board having no capital to spend on modernizing them, how do we match the structures and their capacities with the desires of the neighborhoods?
What the Hopewell Community thinks(from Survey, May, 2010)
“How do you feel about these options for reducing the student population?”
What the Hopewell Community thinks(from Survey, May, 2010)
Board Staff Proposed SolutionsStaff was asked to start the conversation with two theoretical proposals. Goals:
Re-balance populations so that 2015 capacities in all schools are roughly 100%Address program weaknesses by consolidating smaller populations into bigger ones
Result: Scenarios A and B (summary follows)
Scenario A Elgin Street JK-6 English program consolidated at
Centennial Hopewell JK-6 English program consolidated at
Mutchmor Portion of First Ave EFI program redirected to Hopewell Portion of Hopewell 7/8 EFI redirected to Glashan Hopewell 7/8 ENG/MFI/SE program relocated to Glashan Centennial/Hopewell 4-6 MFI consolidated at Elgin
Scenario AHopewell Elgin Centennial
First Ave Mutchmor Glashan
JK-6 Eng
JK-6 Eng
EFI
7/8 EFI (FA & ELG)
7/8 ENG/MFI/SE
4-6 MFI
4-6 MFI
Scenario A – After-EffectHopewell Elgin Centennial
First Ave Mutchmor Glashan
JK-8 EFI JK-6 EFI JK-6 EngSE
JK-6 EFI JK-6 Eng1-6 Gifted
7-8 Eng7-8 MFI7-8 EFI
SE
Scenario B Elgin Street JK-6 English program consolidated at
Centennial Hopewell JK-3 English program consolidated at Mutchmor Mutchmor 4-6 English program consolidated at Hopewell First Ave PS 4-6 EFI program relocated to Glashan Portion of Hopewell 7/8 EFI redirected to Glashan Glashan 7/8 ENG/SE program relocated to Hopewell Hopewell/Centennial 4-6 MFI program relocated to
Mutchmor Hopewell 7/8 MFI program consolidated at Glashan
Scenario BHopewell Elgin Centennial
First Ave Mutchmor Glashan
JK-6 Eng
JK-3 Eng
7/8 EFI (FA & ELG)
7/8 ENG/SE
4-6 MFI
4-6 MFI
4-6 Eng
4-6 EFI
7-8 MFI
Scenario B – After-EffectHopewell Elgin Centennial
First Ave Mutchmor Glashan
4-8 EngJK-8 EFI JK-6 EFI JK-6 Eng
SE
JK-3 EFIJK-3 Eng4-6 MFI
1-6 Gifted
7-8 Eng/SE7-8 MFI4-8 EFI
Where Hopewell/OSCA Reps Stand
Opposed to both Scenarios A and B Want to keep all 3 streams at Hopewell in
some form, and have proposed a model that does that
Lots of discussion and debate ahead; we will have another community meeting soon after next meeting, early in June
We need your input on what trade-offs would be acceptable