Public Information Session
January 8, 2015
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Edward Johnson PS
Enrolment by Grade
2012
Enrolment drop due to boundary change and
opening of King George PS (JK-6 FI to start)
JK
SK
1
2
3
4
5
6
Nominal
2011/12
88
96
68
63
49
45
38
35
482
2012/13
78
78
65
38
36
33
28
38
394
2013/14
79
82
80
58
39
34
31
27
430
2014/15
109
83
79
74
54
31
33
28
491
2014
Minor enrolment drops reflect end of grand-parenting
students
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Edward Johnson PS Status Quo
Projection
1200
1000
6 portables
plus 4-pak
800
600
501 Pupil Places
400
271 Pupil Places
200
0
2014
2015
2016
Enrolment
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2017
2018
OTG Capacity
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Capacity Incl. Portables/Pak
2024
Short Term Issue
Edward Johnson
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
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JK
SK
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
79
109
120
126
129
130
131
132
132
132
132
132
82
83
117
128
134
136
137
138
138
138
138
138
80
79
85
119
129
135
137
137
137
137
137
137
59
74
77
83
114
124
129
130
131
131
131
130
39
54
72
75
80
110
119
123
124
124
124
124
35
31
51
68
71
75
102
109
113
114
114
114
32
33
31
50
65
67
70
96
103
106
107
107
27
28
33
31
49
63
64
68
92
99
102
103
433
491
585
680
771
840
888
932
970
981
985
985
Surplus/
Surplus/ Purpose Required
Deficient
Deficient Built FDK
FDK
Pupil
Rooms Rooms Classrooms
Places
-1
3
10
0.4
3
7
-84
-4
3
8
-179
-8
3
9
-270
-12
3
9
-339
-15
3
9
-387
-17
3
9
-431
-19
3
9
-469
-20
3
9
-480
-21
3
9
-484
-21
3
9
-484
-21
3
9
King George PS with Edward
Johnson PS Grades Holding
800
700
619
600
481
500
400
300
200
100
0
2014
Enrolment
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2015
FI Holding Students
OTG Capacity
2016
Maximum Capacity
Arbour Vista PS with Edward
Johnson PS Grades Holding
800
700
587
600
500
449
400
300
200
100
0
2014
Enrolment
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2015
FI Holding Students
OTG Capacity
2016
Maximum Capacity
William C. Winegard PS with
Edward Johnson PS Grades Holding
700
no portables
possible
600
498
500
400
300
200
100
0
2014
Enrolment
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2015
FI Holding Students
2016
OTG Capacity
Tytler PS
 Only
Tytler PS
has space
for 150 200
students
in
2015/16
&
2016/17.
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Option 1
 Accommodate all Grade 3-6 Edward Johnson PS students
at a satellite campus of Edward Johnson PS.
 Students would be accommodated in the former Tytler PS
building in 2015/16 and 2016/17 if new school is not
open.
1. Short Term Move – Grades 3-6
Advantages
Disadvantages
 Keeps cohorts of Grade 3-6
 Difficulty staffing
 Additional VP allocation would
be required to equal 1.0
 Need additional OC & Caretaker
 Challenge moving planning time
and resource staff between sites
 Need library and phys. ed.
resources.
 Bus times to be coordinated.
 Students face multiple moves.
 Creates a primary (JK-2) school of
students together.
 Sufficient space at Tytler PS to
accommodate students for 2 years
if necessary.
 Allows time to create new
boundary and organize new
school in new building when
ready.
 Class organizations allow staffing
of same number of classrooms as
if students were in one facility.
400+ students at EJPS
Option 2
 Cap JK enrolment at Edward Johnson PS at 45 students
starting in 2015, cap SK and Grade 1 Edward Johnson PS
students at current levels.
 Impose school specific caps in other French Immersion
Centres and Dual Track schools.
 Move Grades 5 & 6 Edward Johnson PS students to King
George PS in 2015/16 and 2016/17 if new school is not
open.
Conceptual Cap Comparison
School
2014 JK FI Enrolment
Proposed 2015 Cap
Impact
Edward Johnson PS
109
45
-64
FA Hamilton PS
49
45
-4
Arbour Vista PS
56
45
-11
John McCrae PS
59
45
-14
King George PS
46
45
-1
Paisley Road PS
48
45
-3
Victory PS
31
23
-8
398
293
-105
• 293 pupil places = 26% of projected 2015 JK enrolment in the City of
Guelph
• 293 pupil places = 74 % of projected 2015 JK FI enrolment in the City of
Guelph
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2. Cap & Move – Grades 5 & 6
Advantages
Disadvantages
 Keeps cohorts of Grade 5 & 6
 Difficult to get random
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
students together at KGPS.
Students would stay together until
graduation.
Space available at KGPS for 2 years
– if 3-4 portables used.
Staffing could be done with
students integrated into KGPS
classes or staffed separately.
Creates manageable, predictable
enrolments for all Guelph schools
with FI.
selection registration system
running in time for JK
registration
 No consultation on Cap with FI
community
Option 3
 Without any portables added to Edward Johnson PS.
 Accommodate Edward Johnson PS Grade 3 & 4 students
at a satellite campus of Edward Johnson PS in the former
Tytler PS building.
 Move Edward Johnson PS Grade 5 & 6 students to King
George PS in 2015/16 and 2016/17 if new school is not
open.
3. Grades 5 & 6 to KGPS – w/o portables
added at EJPS still requires Grades 3 & 4 to
move
Advantages
Disadvantages
 Keeps cohorts of Grade 5 & 6
 Would still need to
students together at KGPS.
 Students would stay together
until graduation.
 Space available at KGPS for 2
years – if 3-4 portables used.
 Staffing could be done with
students integrated into KGPS
classes or staffed separately.
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accommodate Grades 3 & 4 at
another location.
Forces cross-divisional
organizations.
Inefficient organizations
created at both schools.
Takes advantage of Out of
Boundary process.
All the same staffing, facility
and resource issues as Option 1
Option 4
 With portables added to Edward Johnson PS –
Accommodate Edward Johnson PS Grade 5 & 6 students
at King George PS in 2015/16 .
 Grade 4-6 Edward Johnson PS students at King George PS
in 2016/17 if new school is not open.
4. Move of Grade 4, 5 & 6 to KGPS
& Add Portables to EJPS
Advantages
Disadvantages
 Keeps cohorts of Grade 5 & 6
 Not enough space at EJPS for
students together at KGPS.
 Students would stay together
until graduation.
 Staffing could be done with
students integrated into KGPS
classes or staffed separately.
Grades JK-4, despite portables,
to address 2-year need.
 May require 6 or 7 portables
installed at KGPS by 2016.
 Creates a primary (JK-3) school
of 500+ students at EJPS
 Similar staffing and
organizational inefficiencies if
EJPS classes staffed separately
at KGPS.
Option 5
 Create an interim boundary for the new east Guelph
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school from the Edward Johnson PS attendance area only.
Temporarily accommodate students of the new school in
the former Tytler PS building in 2015/16 and 2016/17 if
new school is not open.
In 2015/16 the school would be JK-3.
In 2016/17 the new school would grow to JK-4 if new
school is not open.
A full boundary review would be completed including the
King George PS school community in spring 2015.
New Couling Boundary Scenario
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5. Create partial new school boundary
from EJPS only, housed at Tytler PS
Advantages
Disadvantages
 Creates JK-3 school in 15/16 and
 Does not follow Boundary
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JK-4 in 16/17 at Tytler PS.
Starts to develop school
community before building open .
Minimizes changes for EJPS
community.
Doesn’t immediately impact KGPS
students who just moved within in
last 2 years.
Allows time to conduct boundary
review including KGPS.
Avoids continued overcrowding at
EJPS and additional pressure at
KGPS for next 2 years.
Review Policy
 Tight timing to name principal,
Office Coordinator, etc.
 Requires designation of surplus
staff from EJPS quickly.
 Need to address facility and
resource issues.
Summary of Options
1. Move all Grade 3-6 to Tytler PS
2. Cap FI and move Grade 5 & 6 King George PS
3. No portables added to Edward Johnson PS - Move
Grade 3 & 4 to Tytler PS and Grade 5 & 6 to King George
PS
4. Portables added to Edward Johnson PS – Move Grades 5
& 6 to King George in 2015 and Grades 4-6 in 2016
5. Create partial new school boundary from Edward
Johnson PS only housed at Tytler PS – in 2015 JK-3, in
2016 JK-4
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Long Term Issue to Resolve
 Enrolment projections indicate continued FI enrolment
pressures throughout the jurisdiction.
 Current pace of FI growth indicates that new Guelph FI
schools will be required within 3 years of the new school
opening with no guarantee of Ministry funding.
 More FI boundary reviews will be necessary in Guelph in
less than 5 years
 More reviews will disrupt and upset more families.
Need a French Immersion Management Strategy
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Next Steps
 Staff to present report outlining the accommodation
options to Trustees at January 13, 2015 Business
Operations Committee meeting.
 Staff recommendation to initiate a French Immersion
Management Strategy to be presented on January 13,
2015.
 Delegations will be heard at Program, Business
Operations and Board Meetings from January 13, 2015 to
February 10, 2015.
 Trustees to make decision on interim accommodation
solution at Special Board Meeting on February 10, 2015.
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Opportunities for Input
Delegation Opportunities
Meeting
Date
Registration Deadline
Business Operations
January 13, 2015
January 12 – noon
Board
January 27, 2015
January 21 – noon
Program
February 3, 2015
January 28 – noon
Special Board
February 10, 2015
February 4 – noon
• Blue feedback forms
• Online:
www.ugdsb.on.ca/ejplan
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