Simcoe County District School Board Pupil Accommodation Review 2011:02 Coldwater Public School Moonstone Elementary School Warminster Elementary School 3 rd Public Meeting: January 31, 2012 (rescheduled from January 19, 2012 due to inclement weather)
Accommodation Review Committee (ARC) Recap • To date the ARC has held six working sessions and two public meetings • Information covered prior to the second public meeting includes: • Purpose, Policy and Process • Staff Alternative Accommodation Option • Enrolment History • Facility Condition • Growth Potential (Township of Oro-Medonte) • Capital Funding and Finance • The ARC continues discussion regarding potential scenarios and their implications on students, the community, and the Board.
Purpose, Policy and Process • The Pupil Accommodation Review was recommended and approved in order to address enrolment, facility, and program pressures • Pupil Accommodation Review Policy 2313 • Guidelines, process, membership, meetings, timing, and terms of reference are set out in Pupil Accommodation Review Policy 2313 and Administrative Procedures Memorandum A5500
Alternative Accommodation Option • Pupil Accommodation Review Policy - 2313 requires board staff to provide the ARC with at least one alternative accommodation option • Board staff accommodation option would require a Capital Priority project to be submitted to the Ministry of Education Summary of option: • Close Moonstone ES (June 2015) • Transfer from Moonstone ES to Coldwater PS – Approximately 114 students • Transfer from Moonstone ES to Warminster ES – Approximately 43 students • Construct a 5 room addition at Coldwater PS and 1 room addition at Warminster ES in 2015 to accommodate additional students
Proposed Student Transfers
Enrolment • Enrolment at schools in the ARC has seen a slow steady decline over the past five years and this trend is expected to continue • Continued enrolment decline will result in increasing program challenges • School enrolments are not balanced with school capacity • Declining enrolment is not unique to this area and is prevalent in mature and rural regions board wide • Projections have taken into account the implementation of the full time early learning kindergarten program • No significant residential development is concentrated in the communities
Facility Condition • Combined, there is an approximate $2.1 million backlog of renewal projects needed at these schools • By 2021 approximately $7.2 million will be required to address renewal projects needed at these schools • These estimations do not include upgrading schools to current building code and accessibility standards • These estimations do not include upgrading program spaces (library, gymnasium, special education, play area, kindergarten, administrative)
Growth (Township of Oro-Medonte) • The Province has directed that growth be allocated to settlement areas that have full sewer and water • Warminster is a settlement area where some growth on municipally owned water system and private septic systems would occur • Moonstone is settlement area where limited growth on municipal water and private septic systems would occur • To ensure that development in settlements occurs in a cost-effective, rational and environmentally sound manner to address matters related to servicing, roads, parkland, and the need for community facilities • To ensure that all new development is or will be provided with adequate park and school facilities
Growth (Township of Oro-Medonte) continued Moonstone Registered occupied lots – 225 Vacant registered lots – 56 Bachly - 96 (registered) Thatcher – 17 lots (draft plan approved) Greenfields – 21.63 hectares Density @30 units per hectare Greenfields potential – 649 units Warminster Registered Occupied Lots – 160 Vacant registered lots - 5 Homire – 28 lots (Registered) Meadow Acres -71 lots (draft plan approved) Anderson -22 lots (draft plan approved) Teskey – 29 lots (draft plan application) Greenfield lands -42.1 hectares Density @ 30 units per hectare Greenfields potential – 1263 units
Finance: Capital Funding/Grants Grant for School Operations • Heating, lighting, cleaning and maintenance • Based on enrolment/ benchmarks Grant for School Renewal • Repairs and renovations • Based on enrolment/benchmarks • Good Places to Learn renewal • School Condition Improvement Specific Project Grants • Priority Capital Projects • Temporary Accommodation • Full Day Kindergarten
Simcoe County District School Board Pupil Accommodation Review 2011:02 Recommendation Options
Option Process • Considered Alternative Accommodation Option • Considered School Information Profile (SIP) • Considered presentations related to: • Enrolment • Facility Condition • Development (Township of Oro-Medonte) • Finance • Developed 11 potential options, that were presented at the 2 nd Public Meeting and considered meeting feedback • Considered each potential option, as part of a group or individually • 2 Options recommended for further analysis. Recommended option(s) to be presented at 4 th public meeting • on Thursday , February 16 th : 7pm at Moonstone Public School
Potential Option Consideration OPTIONS + - Interesting • More opinions • M 1. Consult with ARC 2011:01 (Port ore opinions involved M cNicoll, Victoria Harbour P.S., involved • Allows to fill • Only reason to combine is to W aubaushene E.S., and Waubaushene numbers without take students to save a school - not Pines E.S.) possibly combining ARC 2011:01 and ARC 2011:02 closing a school a positive approach • Students to be bussed a shorter distance • Financial savings • Evens out population • Creating a domino effect 5. Change Attendance Areas 7. Consult with ARC 2011:01 on realignment of students from W aubaushene E.S. and W aubaushene Pines E.S.
Potential Option Consideration (continued) O P T IO N S + - In te re s tin g • n • • 3 . T ra n s fe r G ra d e 6 fro m M o o n s to n e L o n g te rm s o lu tio C re a te s fu rth e r d iv is io n o f s c h o o l W h a t M o o n s to n e c o m m u n ity E .S . to C o ld w a te r P .S . p o p u la tio n w a n ts ? • • • N o c a p ita l fu n d in g B rin g s s c h o o l to s m a lle r F in a n c ia lly a g o o d o p tio n re q u ire d p o p u la tio n (c a n b e a p o s itiv e to o ) • • 4 . T ra n s fe r a d d itio n a l c la s s e s fro m M e d iu m te rm C re a te s fu rth e r d iv is io n o f s c h o o l M o o n s to n e E .S . to C o ld w a te r P .S . to fill so lu tio n p o p u la tio n e m p ty s p a c e s • B rin g s s c h o o l to s m a lle r p o p u la tio n • 1 0 . M o o n s to n e E .S . to a c co m m o d a te N o c a p ita l c o s t J u n io r K in d e rg a rte n to G ra d e 3
Potential Option Consideration (continued) O P T IO N S + - Inte re sting • • D • 6 . M o ons to ne E .S . a ttend an ce area K e eps fam ilies oe s not add re ss pres entin g W o rks w h en sp ace s are filled G rad e 7 and 8 re tu rn to M o onston e E .S . togethe r iss ue w ith s tu den ts fro m o th er s cho ols C o nside r ad dition to op tion : c om m un ity h ub • • N 1 1. R e align a tten dan ce are a b orde rs to S e e w here ot plann in g for th e future – risk fill e m pty spa ces an d re visit su bdivisions a re g oing th at 7 1 b oa rd s w ill co ntin ue w ith a cco m m oda tion rev ie w p ro ces s in 4 to 5 proce ss – as m on ey co m es ava ilab le y ea rs th e boa rd m a y not get it • C • 8 . C on stru ct ad dition s o n all three os t effec tive nes s – m o re c ostly K e ep co m m u nities s cho ols b y re-distribu ting fu nd s to p ut three d iffere nt ad dition s – w he re the y are draw ings , etc. • W ill tha t fill spa ces 10 y ea rs ou t? O p tion 2 & 9 w e re re m ove d as pe r the co m m itte e’s re que st. 2 – S tatus Q uo 9 – M oon stone E .S. to se rv e as region al F D K an d E x te nde d D ay S cho ol
Recommended Option Consideration O P T IO N S + - Inte re sting • pulation • C 5 . C ha nge A tten da nce A reas E ve ns ou t po rea ting a do m in o effect solution • C • • 3 . Tra nsfer G rad e 6 from M oo nston e Lon g term rea tes furth er divisio n of sc hoo l W h at M oon stone c om m un ity E .S. to C oldw a te r P .S . pop ulatio n w a nts? • • B • No c apital fund in g rin gs scho ol to sm a ller Fina ncially a good o ptio n requ ired pop ulatio n (c an be a p ositive too ) • All options are still under consideration • No decision has been made • Recommended option(s) to be presented at 4th public meeting on Thursday, February 16th: 7pm at Moonstone Public School
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