National Sport School Staff, Student and Parent MeetingNovember 18, 2019

Agenda

Introductions

Background

Options for the future

Engagement timeline

Next steps

Questions – two ways to ask questions

1. App Go to slido.com and enter in event code #D654

Type in your question any time

If another question is of interest, you can use

thumbs up rather than typing same question

again

Questions with most interest rise to the top

2. Ask verbally

Welcome and Introductions

Lisa Davis, Trustee, Wards 6 & 7

Dianne Yee, Acting Superintendent,

School Improvement

Prem Randhawa, Director, Area 1

Carrie Edwards, Director, Property,

Planning & Transportation

Ken Weipert, Principal, Chinook Learning,

Cbe-learn and Home Education

Rob Jewan, Acting Principal

Leanne Topp, Acting Assistant Principal

Correcting the record

School Council Meeting – October 2019

Provincial Budget 2019

Principles of Participation

Listen to understand others’ perspectives

Disagree respectfully

Speak one at a time

Balance airtime fairly

Background

NSS opened about 25 years ago

Operated in multiple facilities (William

Aberhart High School, Ernest Manning

High School) prior to moving to

WinSport

Leased space at WinSport was intended

to be temporary

Government pledged money for a capital

project based on negotiations for the old

Ernest Manning site

Funding is no longer available

Issue

NSS has been identified on the Three-Year

System Student Accommodation Plan

(SSAP)

Lease for space at WinSport expires

June 20, 2020

It is not financially sustainable for the

program to continue operating at the

WinSport location

How Will We Address This Issue?

Share information with you about

options for the future

Gather your feedback on these options

in alignment with our Dialogue

Framework

What Else Will Guide Decision- Making?

In addition to stakeholder input and feedback, the

CBE will be guided by:

CBE Values

Students come first

Learning is our central purpose

Public education serves the common good

CBE Planning Principles

Minimize disruptions for students

Provide program continuity from kindergarten

to Grade 12

Keep cohort groups of students together

Allow students to attend school as close to

home as possible

Provide long term sustainability

Use space and resources effectively

CBE High School Engagement

Decisions about NSS, and all unique

setting schools, are “out of scope” for the

current CBE high school engagement that

seeks to balance enrolment across 20

high schools

Changes arising from the high school

engagement project will be made by

October 2021, and implemented Sept.

2022

Decision to be Made

By the end of February 2020, CBE

administration will make a

recommendation to the CBE Board of

Trustees about the location and

program delivery of the National Sport

School for the 2020-21 school year and

beyond. A final decision about the future

location and delivery of the program will

be made by the Board of Trustees by

end of May 2020.

Option A

NSS students will be relocated and

operate out of a CBE high school

(strong consideration for Bowness)

Where possible, students are

integrated with other students for

classes

In some circumstances, students

would come together as NSS

students for some courses

All students would be able to be

accommodated within single site

Students would continue to access

WinSport by self transport

Option B

NSS program closure

Students attend their designated

school

CBE schools have the flexibility to

work around athletes’ schedules and

needs

CBE schools have the capacity to

accommodate CBE students who

repatriate to their designated high

school

Decision-Making Process

Any time a program moves from one

location to another or a program closes,

the decision will go through a “closure

process.”

The closure process requires that a

formal report be presented to the CBE

Board of Trustees.

Report is submitted by CBE

administration, but final decision is made

by the Board of Trustees.

New process for school/program closures

effective November 2019.

Timeline

Nov. 26 – Dec. 13, 2019: Online survey

opportunity

January 2020: In-person meeting with NSS

students and parents

February 2020: Report presented to Board

of Trustees for consideration

Spring 2020: Decision is made by Board of

Trustees

Questions?

Two options for asking questions:

1. App

Go to slido.com and enter in event

code #D654

Type in your question any time

If another question is of interest,

you can use thumbs up rather than

typing same question again

Questions with most interest rise to

the top

2. Ask verbally

Closing Remarks

Thank you for your participation and

understanding.

We are committed to working

together with you to make the best

possible decision we can for NSS

students, given the circumstances

and options available to us.

Online survey will be emailed to you

next week.

This presentation will be posted on

the website.