Impacted Schools Survey (Area V) · R.T. Alderman 160 Andrew Sibbald Sam Livingston 159 Harold Panabaker 155 Louis Riel 137 Lake Bonavista 132 Eugene Coste John Ware 90 87 Maple Ridge

Calgary Board of Education

Impacted Schools Survey (Area V)

Report of Findings

December 17, 2016

Prepared by:

Background

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The opening of 15 new Calgary Board of Education schools in the

2016-17 school year means changes for many of our existing

schools. The CBE contracted Delaney + Associates to be a partner

in gathering feedback from stakeholders (students, parents, staff,

community members) who may be affected by proposed changes.

This report shows the results of the online survey for Areas V. There

were two surveys conducted with stakeholders as part of this

community engagement initiative – one for Areas I & II and one for

Area V.

More information on this initiative can be found on the CBE website at

cbe.ab.ca/dialogue

http://www.cbe.ab.ca/dialogue

Methodology

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Two surveys were open to the public and accessible in the following ways: link on the CBE website, direct email communications, letters home to parents at affected schools, and Twitter. One survey for Areas V (In this Report)

One survey for Area I & II (Under Separate Cover)

The Area V survey was fielded between November 21 and December 14, 2016. A total of 2032 complete responses were gathered Not all respondents completed the demographic questions (number of

children, grades of children etc.).

In reading this report, please note that some results may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Ideally, survey respondents (the sample) are a miniature of the population from which it came. For this survey,

the population consists of the students of affected schools. As certain schools and programs were over or under-

represented in this study, final data were weighted to reflect the actual proportions in each school/program based

on enrolment numbers. This ensures that the overall findings are a more accurate representation of the overall

student population at the affected schools.

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About the Participants

Respondent Profile – Area V

5

88%

10%

5%

6%

Parent/guardian

CBE employee

CBE student

Community member

Are you a…[Select all that apply]

Grades of children:

62%

46%

8%

Elementary (K - 4)

Middle/Junior (5 - 9)

Senior High (10 - 12)

35%

49%

14%

2%

1

2

3

4+

(Among Parents with kids at a CBE school:)

Number of children in CBE school(s):

12%

10%

10%

9%

6%

6%

6%

6%

6%

5%

4%

4%

3%

3%

3%

1%

4%

School and Program – Area V

6

28%

49%

20%

3%

A regular program

A language alternativeprogram

A non-language alternativeprogram

An exceptional learningneeds program

Which of the following type of program(s) will you be

commenting about?

% of Respondents

Please select the school(s) that you would like to

comment about in this survey

# of Responses* % of Respondents

Actual

proportion

of

students**

30%

36%

29%

5%

* As some respondents selected more than one school to

comments on, the total number of responses (2490) is more

than the number of respondents (2032)

** Data were weighted to the actual proportions of students

amongst the schools listed here, by school and by program Base: All (n=2032)

Actual

proportion

of

students**

12%

4%

5%

11%

7%

3%

6%

6%

11%

5%

3%

5%

7%

3%

6%

3%

4%

Fairview 295

Robert Warren 258

Canyon Meadows 238

Woodman 231

R.T. Alderman 160

Andrew Sibbald 159

Sam Livingston 159

Harold Panabaker 155

Louis Riel 137

Lake Bonavista 132

Eugene Coste 94

John Ware 90

Le Roi Daniels 87

Maple Ridge 87

David Thompson 85

Acadia 29

Other/Don’t know 94

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Main Findings

31%

19%

19%

22%

24%

33%

50%

36%

60%

13%

11%

12%

15%

15%

14%

14%

18%

15%

13%

24%

26%

25%

25%

19%

12%

23%

13%

18%

31%

29%

25%

24%

19%

13%

17%

8%

24%

16%

14%

12%

12%

16%

11%

6%

5%

Students being able to attend a school close to home

Minimizing travel time to school

Providing a variety of options and extra-curricular activities

Minimizing the number of moves students make

Keeping groups of students together

Offering students a choice of programming

Offering only one program at a school

Minimizing the number of moves a program makes

Offering more than one program at a school

0 points 1-5 pts 6-10 pts 11-20 pts 21+ points

Importance of Factors – Area V

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There are many factors that are considered in the decision-making process. Some factors are more important to some

people than others, and it is not possible to address some of these factors for all communities in the same scenario.

Below are nine factors. Please allot 100 points in total to the factors, giving the most points to those you find important

and the least points (or no points) to factors that are less important to you in this decision-making process

Base: All (n=2032)

MEAN

16.20

14.14

12.87

11.93

11.54

11.50

8.63

8.18

5.02

Notably lower (less important) than average Notably higher (more important) than average

Importance of Factors – By School (Group 1) (Means)

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Base: All (n=2032)

Total Maple Ridge R.T. Alderman Louis Riel Acadia David Thompson

Fairview Le Roi Daniels

Sam Livingston


16.20 27.03 17.39 8.46 30.43 17.51 7.13 11.01 9.61

Minimizing travel time to school 14.14 13.45 11.90 14.93 11.73 12.67 14.49 14.36 12.68

Providing a variety of options and extra-curricular activities for students

12.87 9.65 15.04 12.49 12.96 16.95 14.55 12.42 13.57


11.93 9.36 11.05 13.88 12.05 12.66 11.25 10.33 11.94

Keeping groups of students together as they move from one school to another

11.54 9.28 12.38 9.59 9.74 10.51 11.81 9.69 12.60


11.50 13.19 13.21 13.23 8.33 10.06 13.66 14.69 13.89

Offering only one program at a school 8.63 6.09 7.34 7.38 6.27 8.22 12.63 13.73 15.29


8.18 4.71 4.87 14.57 4.36 6.26 8.83 7.84 7.16


5.02 7.23 6.83 5.47 4.12 5.16 5.65 5.93 3.25

Importance of Factors – By School (Groups 2 and 3)

(Means)

10

Base: All (n=2032)

Total Woodman John Ware Robert Warren

Harold Panabaker

Canyon Meadows

Eugene Coste

Lake Bonavista

Andrew Sibbald


16.20 33.34 18.00 15.06 14.54 15.27 8.83 17.16 25.45

Minimizing travel time to school 14.14 14.61 17.93 15.15 12.59 13.82 11.97 11.66 12.22


12.87 11.40 17.43 8.77 18.47 7.75 13.18 10.97 7.99


11.93 9.82 10.01 13.39 11.04 14.87 17.58 12.53 15.95


11.54 10.45 12.93 14.06 12.71 13.01 13.69 12.77 11.88


11.50 6.72 7.77 8.24 9.04 9.22 11.49 16.80 7.92

Offering only one program at a school 8.63 3.90 5.08 12.14 3.75 13.47 9.47 7.41 4.85


8.18 5.09 5.13 10.70 8.58 10.23 9.91 8.35 11.40


5.02 4.68 5.71 2.50 9.27 2.34 3.88 2.35 2.32

Notably lower (less important) than average Notably higher (more important) than average

8%

23%

6%

6%

9%

22%

2%

3%

9%

12%

Top and Bottom Factor – Area V

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What is the single most important factor/value CBE should consider in making this decision?

And what is the least important factor/value CBE should consider in making this decision?

2%

5%

6%

9%

9%

10%

11%

11%

16%

22%

DK/NA



Providing a variety of options and extra-curricular activities forstudents

Keeping groups of students together as they move from oneschool to another

Offering only one program at a school


Minimizing travel time to school (includes busing and driving)


Students being able to attend a school close to home (withinwalking distance)

% most important % least important

Base: All (n=2032)

Top Factor – By School (Group 1)

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Total Maple Ridge

R.T. Alderman

Louis Riel Acadia David Thompson


Sam Livingston


22% 50% 22% 9% 63% 23% 5% 15% 7%


16% 13% 23% 24% 7% 16% 16% 16% 21%

Minimizing travel time to school 11% 7% 8% 13% 1% 8% 12% 15% 6%


11% 9% 7% 18% 8% 7% 8% 5% 11%

Offering only one program at a school 10% 1% 7% 5% 3% 9% 20% 17% 25%


9% 2% 8% 4% 7% 10% 13% 11% 9%


9% 7% 12% 8% 3% 16% 9% 8% 12%


6% 3% 4% 15% 0% 3% 7% 6% 5%


5% 7% 8% 3% 7% 7% 7% 7% 5%

Base: All (n=2032)

Notably lower than average Notably higher than average

Top Factor – By School (Groups 2 and 3)

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Total Woodman John

Ware Robert Warren

Harold Panabaker

Canyon Meadows

Eugene Coste

Lake Bonavista

Andrew Sibbald


22% 49% 26% 20% 17% 20% 10% 23% 42%


16% 9% 4% 7% 17% 8% 13% 24% 11%

Minimizing travel time to school 11% 10% 20% 12% 7% 8% 10% 7% 3%


11% 5% 8% 11% 12% 14% 17% 15% 24%

Offering only one program at a school 10% 4% 0% 18% 2% 21% 12% 8% 2%


9% 8% 14% 11% 12% 10% 16% 11% 9%


9% 7% 18% 4% 17% 2% 8% 5% 0%


6% 1% 1% 10% 6% 9% 8% 2% 6%


5% 4% 5% 2% 9% 3% 3% 3% 1%

Base: All (n=2032)


Top Factor Ranking – By School (Group 1)

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Base: All (n=2032)

Total Maple Ridge

R.T. Alderman

Louis Riel Acadia David Thompson


Sam Livingston


1 1 2 5 1 1 9 4 6


2 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 2

Minimizing travel time to school 3 7 4 4 5 6 4 3 7


4 3 8 2 2 7 6 9 4

Offering only one program at a school 5 9 7 7 4 5 1 1 1


6 2 5 8 3 4 3 5 5


7 6 3 6 4 2 5 6 3


8 8 9 3 6 9 8 8 8


9 4 6 9 3 8 7 7 9

Notably lower rank than average Notably higher rank than average

Top Factor Ranking – By School (Groups 2 and 3)

15

Base: All (n=2032)

Total Woodman John

Ware Robert Warren

Harold Panabaker

Canyon Meadows

Eugene Coste

Lake Bonavista

Andrew Sibbald


1 1 1 1 3 2 6 2 1


2 3 7 7 1 7 3 1 3

Minimizing travel time to school 3 2 2 3 7 6 5 6 7


4 6 5 4 4 3 1 3 2

Offering only one program at a school 5 8 9 2 9 1 4 8 8


6 4 4 5 5 4 2 4 4


7 5 3 8 2 9 7 7 5


8 9 8 6 8 5 8 9 6


9 7 6 9 6 8 9 8 9


Scenarios – Area V

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When thinking about how you, your family and/or community may be affected by changes to each of the Scenarios,

please choose the spot on the scale below that best represents your thoughts about these Scenarios.

46%

38%

29%

28%

18%

28%

4%

4%

2%

2%

Scenario 2

Scenario 1

Works well It's ok (neutral) Doesn't work at all Don't know Not applicable

Base: All (n=2032)

38%

66%

54%

44%

71%

34%

26%

46%

31%

28%

29%

30%

29%

24%

35%

41%

28%

32%

28%

1%

14%

13%

4%

27%

27%

20%

34%

Total

Maple Ridge

R.T. Alderman

Louis Riel

Acadia

David Thompson

Fairview

Le Roi Daniels

Sam Livingston

Works well It's ok (neutral) Doesn't work at all Don't know/Not applicable

Scenarios – By School (Group 1)

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Scenario 1 Scenario 2

Base: All (n=2032)

46%

31%

35%

45%

49%

46%

50%

47%

47%

29%

38%

35%

30%

46%

32%

30%

31%

39%

18%

21%

25%

9%

4%

20%

14%

14%

13%

38%

56%

53%

12%

28%

9%

27%

36%

17%

28%

22%

30%

8%

35%

14%

25%

31%

20%

28%

18%

9%

79%

35%

74%

44%

27%

60%

Total

Woodman

John Ware

Robert Warren

Harold Panabaker

Canyon Meadows

Eugene Coste

Lake Bonavista

Andrew Sibbald

Works well It's ok (neutral) Doesn't work at all Don't know/Not applicable

Scenarios – By School (Groups 2 and 3)

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Scenario 1 Scenario 2

Base: All (n=2032)

46%

24%

49%

78%

31%

80%

59%

51%

68%

29%

25%

32%

12%

29%

13%

20%

37%

23%

18%

47%

7%

7%

35%

7%

19%

10%

6%

Survey Comments

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You will find the comments captured through this survey

posted on the CBE website at: cbe.ab.ca/dialogue.

http://www.cbe.ab.ca/get-involved/public-engagement/Pages/sharing-back-schools-impacted.aspx#MSOZoneCell_WebPartWPQ7

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