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Pupil Accommodation Review Final Public Meeting ARC 2015:01 Byng Public School Clearview Meadows Elementary School Stayner Collegiate Institute April 20, 2016

Board Contacts John Dance – Superintendent of Facility Services (705) 734-6363 Ext. 11375 jdance@scdsb.on.ca Jackie Kavanagh – Superintendent of Education – Area 5 (705) 734-6363 Ext. 11638 jkavanagh@scdsb.on.ca Andrew Keuken – Manager of Planning, Enrolment & Community Use (705) 734-6363 Ext. 11513 akeuken@scdsb.on.ca Rita England – Executive Assistant (705) 734-6363 Ext. 11366 rengland@scdsb.on.ca

Accommodation Review Committee (ARC) Members Name School​ Role​ Kerry Dowdall ​Byng PS ​Parent Cassandra Rawn ​Byng PS ​Parent ​Stacey Gillis​ ​Clearview Meadows ES ​Parent Jared Singleton​ ​Clearview Meadows ES ​Parent Bayley Coutts​ ​Stayner CI ​Student Jacob Underhill​ ​Stayner CI ​Student ​Susan Michalchuk ​Stayner CI ​Parent ​Sebrina Westbrooke ​Stayner CI ​Parent

Summary of Public Meetings • Accommodation review purpose • Policy highlights • ARC role, mandate and procedures • Timeline milestones • Initial Staff Report summary • Staff accommodation options & preferred option • School Information Profiles (SIPs) • Work of the ARC • Feedback, questions and comments

Overview of Feedback – Major Themes • Board Policy − Role of Arc − Timelines − Membership − Transportation Policy and busing eligibility • Consider Attendance Area Review(s) − Look at increasing S.C.I. attendance area (Wasaga Beach, New Lowell) to increase enrolment − Better align elementary feeder schools with S.C.I. • Student Safety − Crossing of Highway 26 − Concern regarding sidewalks − Consideration of crossing guards • Improve Retention − Restrict Out of Areas to other schools − Remove transportation availability to other schools − Better educate and encourage Grade 8 students to attend S.C.I. − Provide better programming − Highlight existing programming, staff, environment, benefits of a small community school

Overview of Feedback – Major Themes • Grade 7-12 Model − Appropriateness of grade 7 and 8’s in a high school setting − 7 and 8’s lose the opportunity to be the senior students - “rites of passage” − Administrative and staffing uncertainty and concern − Mentoring opportunities − Physical layout and integration of students − Organization of the facility • Byng Public School • School is being overlooked • Explore other options regarding facility condition pressures (renewal, partial rebuild, etc.) • What would happen to Byng PS if closed, could it be a public use? • Board does not maintain schools appropriately • Condition of closed schools • What are accessibility requirements? • Transition/timing − Staff option could take too long to implement to make any difference − Funding availability and ability to do what is being proposed within that funding − Open communication required − Consideration of current students/staff and their transition − When and how would transition occur − Draw upon other boards’ experiences

Overview of Feedback – Major Themes • Other Topics − Have design plans been completed for viewing? − Maintaining a community high school a priority − Ensure residential growth is taken into consideration − Consider Grade 7-10 option − Consider Campus Community − Consider accommodating S.C.I. students at neighbouring secondary schools − Impacts on neighbouring communities and schools − Increase revenues and apply to facility needs − Capital funding and priority concerns − Not enough communication with all schools and students − Concern over current staffing and morale at Byng PS

Working Meeting Update • Two working meetings held since the second public meeting of Thursday, March 10, 2016. • John Barbato – Simcoe County Student Transportation Consortium (SCSTC) – Background and summary of SCSTC role and services – Review of policy – Review of impacts of staff option – Busing eligibility – Questions and feedback • Avon-Maitland District School Board Representatives – Review of their experiences with 7-12 model – Issues and concerns with transition – Facility and staffing organization – Benefits, drawbacks, and retention – Programming impacts – Grade 7-8 integration and impact on other students – Feeder schools – SKYPE session with S.C.I. student council and Avon-Maitland District School Board students

Working Meeting Update • Final working meeting for general discussion, summaries, and wrap-up • Accommodation Review Committee commenced drafting summary report for inclusion in the final staff report • Committee summary report submitted to board staff on April 17, 2016

Committee Recommendations The committee almost unanimously (with the exception of one member) supports Option C, with the following recommendations: 1. Conduct an attendance area review to expand the boundaries for SCI. 2. Review and adherence of the transportation guidelines. 3. Develop a communication plan to support project. 4. Seek community partnership opportunities that could be housed within SCI. 5. Provide transitional supports for students, parents, and teachers. 6. Plan for additional space for expanded programming at SCI. 7. Preserve the history of Byng PS by salvaging certain physical aspects of the building. 8. Create a new name for Clearview Meadows to represent the coming together of both elementary schools.

Next Steps • Collect feedback from tonight • Staff will complete the Final Staff Report taking into consideration ARC, community, municipal, and all other feedback • Final Staff Report will be submitted to trustees May 6, 2016 and posted publically on May 9, 2016 • A Special Board Meeting will be held May 11, 2016 to discuss the contents of the report • Special Board Meeting for Delegations scheduled for May 24, 2016 • Special Board Decision Meeting scheduled for June 9, 2016

Delegation Process • The Special Board Meeting for Delegations is where the public is invited to present to the Board regarding the Pupil Accommodation Review • All requests to make a delegation must be submitted by 1 p.m. one week prior to the meeting (May 17, 2016) • Request must include copy of your presentation and/or outline of what the presentation will contain • You are allowed up to 10 minutes for your delegation including time for trustees to ask clarification questions • You may make your delegation either by yourself or with one other person • Meetings are open to the public, video-recorded and live streamed • Submit your delegation request to: Lena Robyn, Executive Assistant to the Board lrobyn@scdsb.on.ca 705-734-6363, ext. 11231.