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Delegation to Limestone District School Board

April 8, 2015

•Meredith Chivers – Winston PS•Emma Jackson – Sydenham PS•Peter Josza – Module Vanier, KCVI•Jordan Morelli – Rideau PS•Dorianne Sager – Sydenham PS•Laura Tulchinsky – Module Vanier, KCVI

Key Points Less than 25% of parents plan to send their

children to a new school at any of the 3 proposed sites

This means a loss of at least $1 million/yr in PPG

90% of those surveyed will send their children to KCVI if it is renovated in current location

Key Points Walkability, sense of community and downtown

location are highly valued

The downtown community has 5 feeder elementary schools with healthy enrolments and serves 3 of the region’s largest employers

None of the Board’s three options reflect these values.

It’s time for Plan B

Methods Online survey (#1) targeting current/future KCVI families

Publicized by parent networks, social media KCVI, Module Vanier Central, Sydenham, Rideau, Winston, Polson Park PS

Survey Monkey with one response per computer 5 MCQ + opportunity for narrative comment Sites: Cookes, QECVI, KCVI

Open February 28 - March 8, 2015

Subsequent survey (#2) launched March 14, 2015 to explore reaction to Calvin Park High School option

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LDSB French Review data

Similar online methodology

Grouping of similar themes

KCVI/Module Vanier had high response rate

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Results

Survey 1 - 235 families @ Canadian average of 1.9 students/family

up to 446 students

Survey 2 - 198 families

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Q1: Do you have one or more children currently attending or planning to

attend KCVI?

Answered: 235 Skipped: 0

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Q5: If a KCVI is renovated in its existing location (Frontenac St) please tell us where your student (s)

will attend high school. In this case QECVI would become an education centre and community hub

including an alternative high school program, some focus programs and Board offices

Answered: 230 Skipped: 5

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Comparing Sites to stay with Limestone or to go

Site Limestone school Non-Limestone school

Cookes 56.88% 43.12%

Calvin Park site 50% 50%

QECVI site 53.52% 46.5%

New school at KCVIQE Alternative Education Centre

92.57% 7.43%

KCVI renovatedQE Alternative Education Centre

96.08% 3.92%

What does this mean financially? Just based on the 200+ respondents to our

surveys, a new high school built on any of the 3 proposed sites will lose AT LEAST $1,000,000/year in per pupil grant.

We tell our children actions have consequences. Is this how we want to teach them that lesson? Ask Peterborough….

Downtown school PCVS closed

Students moved to suburban, newly renovated TASS 5km away

Of 756 PCVS students, only 409 moved to TASS

Peterborough 2 years later

Public school enrolment down 11.33%

Catholic board only down 4.87%

TASS enrolment declining at higher rate (9%) than other public high schools (0-8%) and St Peters (4%)

Themes1. Importance of downtown location adjacent to University 2. Walkability/community schools 3. Preserve/renovate KCVI4. Will move away from LDSB if KCVI closed5. Negative to Cookes/QE/Calvin Park sites6. Calvin Park survey additional themes

1. Bad idea/waste of money/not responsible2. Makes no sense to have 2 schools so close3. Congestion in Calvin Park neighbourhood4. Negative effect of megaschool

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Themes LDSB-commissioned French review data correlates well

with our results:

Importance of school location downtown

Walkability, value of community schools

Strong desire to preserve KCVI in current location adjacent to University

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Consider this residential street…. These houses are full of

families with children who walk to school

The neighbourhood is revitalized and full of young families

The same goes for all downtown neighbourhoods

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Consider this residential street….

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It’s time for Plan B