Start-of-the-Year Backgrounder 2014-15
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Enrolment expected to grow by 468 students
Elementary
Secondary
Total
2013 - 2014
Actual ADE Enrolment
110,810
42,607
153,417
2014 - 2015
Projected Enrolment
111,776
42,109
153,885
Projected
Growth / Decline
966
-498
468
Number of elementary schools: 207
Number of secondary schools: 37
Total number of Peel District School Board schools: 244
Number of occupied portables: 491 (382 elementary & 109 secondary)
Number of students in portables: approx. 11,075
For the 2014-15 school year, the Peel District School Board will open the following new schools:
1. Nelson Mandela P.S.
a.
b.
c.
d.
New K – Gr. 5 & French Immersion Gr. 1 – 5 school
Approximate school student capacity: 804
Located at: 10125 Chinguacousy Road, Brampton, Ont., L7A 3Z6
The scheduled occupancy date of the new school is September 2014
2. Ross Drive P.S.
a.
b.
c.
d.
New K – Gr. 8 & French Immersion Gr. 1 – 8 school
Approximate school student capacity: 850
Located at: 40 Ross Drive, Brampton, Ont., L6R 3X8
The scheduled occupancy date of the new school is October 2014
3. Chris Hadfield P.S.
a.
b.
c.
d.
New K – Gr. 5 & French Immersion Gr. 1 – 5 school
Approximate school student capacity: 672
Located at: 465 Fairview Road, Mississauga, Ont., L5B 3W7
The scheduled occupancy date of the new school is September 2014
4. Walnut Grove P.S.
a.
b.
c.
d.
New K – Gr. 8 & French Immersion Gr. 1 – 8 school
Approximate school student capacity: 850
Located at: 10 Pinestaff Road., Brampton, Ont., L6P 3X8
The scheduled occupancy date of the new school is September 2014
Peel District School Board – Start-of-the-Year Backgrounder 2014-15
5. Countryside Village P.S.
a. New K – Gr. 8 school
b. Approximate school student capacity will be: 850.
c. Students will be accommodated at James Grieve P.S. until such time as the Board receives
Ministry of Education funding approval for the new school construction. Estimated occupancy
date is 2016.
The Peel board will complete the following Year 5 Full Day Kindergarten additions & renovations in 2014
& 2015:
1. Brisdale P.S.
15. Kingswood Drive P.S.
2. Burnt Elm P.S.
16. Larkspur P.S.
3. Champlain Trail P.S.
17. McHugh P.S.
4. Churchill Meadows P.S.
18. McKinnon P.S.
5. Clairville P.S.
19. Mount Royal P.S.
6. Eagle Plains P.S.
20. Mountain Ash P.S.
7. Fairview P.S.
21. Munden Park P.S.
8. Fernforest P.S.
22. Robert J. Lee P.S.
9. Great Lakes P.S.
23. Shaw P.S.
10. Hewson P.S.
24. Silverthorn P.S.
11. Huntington Ridge P.S.
25. Stanley Mills P.S.
12. James Potter P.S.
26. Thornwood P.S.
13. Jefferson P.S.
27. Vista Heights P.S.
14. Kenollie P.S.
28. Worthington P.S.
The Peel board will complete the following Clarkson-Erindale Accommodation Review additions in
2014:
1. Brookmede P.S.
2. Garthwood Park P.S.
Media contact:
Randy Wright, Controller, Planning and Accommodation,
905-890-1010/1-800-668-1146 ext. 2203 or randy.wright@peelsb.com
Peel District School Board – Start-of-the-Year Backgrounder 2014-15
Peel board reduces transportation distance eligibility for students in grade 1 and
students in grades 9 to 12
Based on feedback from parents and community members, Peel District School Board trustees
approved a change to reduce the transportation distance eligibility for students in grade 1 and students
in grades 9 to 12, effective September 2014.
Beginning September 2014, the Peel board eligibility distances for transportation will be as follows:

kindergarten to grade 1 students – 1 km (previously 1.6 km for grade 1 students)

grades 2 to 4 students – 1.6 km
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grades 5 to 6 students – 2 km
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grades 7 to 8 students – 3.2 km
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grades 9 to 12 students – 3.8 km (previously 4.8 km)
The change for students in grades 9 to 12 does not apply to students in Regional Programs, or the
secondary Extended French or French Immersion programs.
The distances noted above are measured along sidewalks, roadways and paved pedestrian walkways
from the school property to the home property line. Measurements to establish eligible addresses are
conducted exclusively using the Geographic Information System (GIS) component of the board’s
transportation management software.
Student Transportation of Peel Region (STOPR) has a website where parents can find out whether their
children are eligible for transportation based on their home address. After July 1, 2014, parents can
visit businfo.stopr.ca, click on "Transportation Eligibility" and enter their information.
If a child is eligible for transportation, parents can securely access their child’s transportation
information, including bus stop location and pick-up and drop-off times, from businfo.stopr.ca
commencing August 25. Click on “Student Login” and enter the information required. To ensure privacy
of information, parents are required to enter their children’s Ontario Education Number (OEN) which can
be found on report cards. For families of students who do not have an OEN and will attend year 1
kindergarten, they may contact their child’s school regarding their children’s transportation information
during the last week of August.
For more information on transportation policies, procedures, late buses and cancellations,
please visit www.stopr.ca.