OCDSB Centretown , Glebe and Old Ottawa South Working Committee on Accommodations

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