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Don Bosco:Pupil Accommodation Review

October 25, 2016

PRAYER

St. John Bosco

Friend of the young,

Teacher in the ways of God,

Your dedication to empowering the needy inspires

us still.

Help me to work for a better world,

where the young are given the chance to flourish,

where the poor’s dream for justice can come true,

and where God’s compassion is shown to be real.

Intercede for me as I bring my needs to you and to

Our heavenly Mother, the Help of Christians.

Opening the Meeting

Welcome

Introductions School

Adrian Della Mora, Superintendent of Schools Area 1

Joe Martino, Trustee

Rory McGuckin, Associate Director of Education – Academic

Services

John Yan, Senior Coordinator Communications

Mario Silva, Comptroller Planning and Development

Jessica Peake, Senior Manager Planning and Assessment

Laraine D’Souza, Officer for Della Mora/Yack

High School Principals – Joseph Brisbois, Nancy Mancini and

Frank DeFina

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Tonight’s Agenda

Welcome & Introductions

Purpose of Tonight’s Meeting

Overview of the Pupil Accommodation Review

Process

Senior Staff Recommended Solution for Don Bosco

Strategic Administrative Support

Panel Question and Answer Period

Final Comments

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Why Tonight’s Meeting?

Pupil Accommodation Review

Options and challenges associated with under-subscribed

schools

Understand community concerns and answer questions

Review the options available to students

Capture community feedback on the recommendation for

Don Bosco which will be presented to the Board of Trustees

for their consideration

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Pupil Accommodation Process –

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Initial staff report considered by trustees. Trustees make the decision to undertake an

accommodation review, and the report is shared with public.

Public Meetings (Minimum 1 meetings).

Community feedback is summarized and considered.

Interim Staff Report is considered by Trustees and

shared with the public in advance of board meeting.

Public delegations are heard by Trustees

Final Staff Report is considered by Trustees and shared with the

public in advance of board meeting. Trustees vote on final

recommendation.

Staff Recommended Solution

Committed to continuing the academic program for

our grade 12 students, allowing students to graduate

in June 2017

Consolidating grade 11 students in neighboring

Catholic schools for February 2017

Archbishop Romero, Chaminade, Michael Power/St.

Joseph, Father Henry Carr, Monsignor Percy Johnson,

St. Basil The Great

This will ensure that each student’s needs are served

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Staff Recommended Solution

Benefits for students:

Proactive exposure to a full breadth of course

options

Access to more programs and services

Deliberate sensitivity to transition (participation in

the course selection process in February 2017 for

the 2017-2018 academic year)

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Current Gr. 11 Pupil Distribution

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Question & Answer

Panel introduction

Adrian Della Mora, Superintendent of Schools

Area 1

Joe Martino, Trustee

Rory McGuckin, Associate Director of Education

– Academic Services

John Yan, Senior Coordinator Communications

Mario Silva, Comptroller Planning and

Development

Jessica Peake, Senior Manager Planning and

Assessment

Final comments

PAR Board website link:

https://www.tcdsb.org/Board/PlanningandFacilities/Pla

nningServices/SARC/Pages/default.aspx

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Modified Review Criteria

Three (3) or more of the following factors are present

Distance to the nearest available accommodation is 7 kilometers or less for

secondary schools involved in the review.

Utilization rate of all of the schools under review is equal to or below 50% for

secondary schools

The number of students enrolled is 500 or fewer for all secondary schools

involved in the review

When the Board is planning the relocation of a program (in any school year or

over a number of school years), in which the enrolment constitutes more than

or equal to fifty percent (50%) of the school’s enrolment (this calculation is

based on the enrolment at the time of the relocation, or the first phase of a

relocation carried over a number of school years)

There are no more than two (2) schools subject to the pupil accommodation

review process

The entire student population of the schools subject to a pupil accommodation

review process can be accommodated in another within 7 kilometers for

secondary schools

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