Ecole King George Public School
Inspiring Excellence in Life-long Learning
72 Lemon Street, Guelph, Ontario, N1E 2H5
Telephone ● 822-1911
Fax ● 837-0034
Randy Dewey, Principal
June 8, 2015
Dear Parents and Guardians:
The third and final report of the New East Guelph (Couling Crescent) School Boundary
Review has been posted on the board website at www.ugdsb.on.ca/egbr, in advance of
the presentation to trustees on Tuesday, June 9.
The only students who are impacted by the review’s recommendations are current and
future JK to Grade 2 students at École King George PS who live in the proposed final
attendance area (see the attached Map 2). Current Grade 3 and higher students will be
grand-parented at King George.
The new school building project is currently moving through the site plan approval
process with the City of Guelph. A number of variables may affect the progress of
planning and construction, and so it is not known at this time whether the school will
open in September 2016 or September 2017. If the recommendations in Report #3 are
approved by trustees, the new school will open as either JK-4 FI in September 2016, or
JK-5 FI in September 2017, and continue to grow each year until it is JK-8.
Due to surging enrolment at École Edward Johnson PS, projected to breach on-theground and portable capacity by September 2015, the board established an interim
attendance area for Couling Crescent prior to the start of the boundary review (see the
attached Map 1). Current JK-2 Edward Johnson students living in the interim boundary,
together with an incoming JK cohort, will make up the new JK-3 FI enrolment for the
Couling Crescent school holding at Tytler PS as of September 2015.
When the new Couling Crescent school does open in September of 2016 or 2017, the
designated École King George PS students in the attendance area will join those students
who have been holding at Tytler PS to create a new school community. The only
exception to this simultaneously blending would be a circumstance where the Couling
Crescent school became ready for occupancy part-way through the 2016-2017 school
year. In such a case, it may be possible for students and staff holding at Tytler PS to
move to the new facility early, but École King George PS students would finish their year
at King George.
-2Report #3 acknowledges that when Couling Crescent reaches JK-7 in September 2019 the
enrolment for the first Grade 7 class may be only 30 students. This would be a low
number for an intermediate program, and so a decision will need to be made by trustees
in February 2019 based on the numbers available at that time – proceed as planned with
7/8 classes, or delay Couling Crescent’s intermediate program.
The boundary review’s final report is 11 pages, plus the various maps and appendices. I
have attempted to summarize key points in this letter, but I encourage parents to visit the
web page and check out the full report to be fully informed. We also have a Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) document that addresses concerns and issues that have been
raised by parents.
Following the presentation to trustees at Tuesday’s meeting of the Business Operations
Committee, Report #3 will go to the regular board meeting on June 23 for final approval.
The June 23 board meeting will be the last opportunity to delegate to trustees – see the
boundary review web page for details.
Thank you for your interest in the boundary review process, and your input.
Yours truly,
Randy Dewey, Principal