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Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Planning and Central Staff PART Members Regal Road Jr. PS, Perth Avenue Jr. PS, Carleton Village Jr. & Sr. SWA, Rawlinson CS, Brock PS, Winona Drive Sr. PS Program Area Review Team (PART) Public Meeting Monday, April 16, 2018 6:00 – 8:00 PM Oakwood Collegiate Institute - Auditorium Marit Stiles (Trustee - Ward 9), Shelly Laskin (Trustee – Ward 11), Sandra Tondat (Superintendent of Education -LN27 and PART Chair), Jane Phillips-Long (Superintendent of Education - LN26), Central Joyce Kwong (Educational Planning Officer), William Wallace (Educational Planning Coordinator), Paul Chang (Architectural Membership: Coordinator – Facility Services) Kirsten Johnston (Coordinator-Teaching & Learning – French as a Second Language) School Michael Morris (Regal Road), Andrea McPherson (Perth Avenue), Lorelei Eccleston (Carleton Village), Kim Stark (Rawlinson), Administrators: Lindsay Borden (Winona Drive) Stephanie Ayers & Natalie Stickle (Regal Road), Amanda Kearney & Melanie Medeiros-Sims (Carleton Village), Luke Andrews & Parent Council Alanna Burtch (Rawlinson), Cecile Farnum (Brock), Matt Forrest (Parent Rep. – French as a Second Language Advisory Council) Chair/Reps: Attendees: Records indicate that 55 individuals/families signed in. Regrets: Kathleen Garner (Superintendent of Education – LN7), Belinda Longe (Principal – Winona Drive), Beverly Muir (Principal – Brock), Daniel Castaldo (Senior Manager-Planning), Joy Reiter (Centrally Assigned Principal – Special Education - Section 23), Angela Caccamo (Centrally Assigned Principal -Teaching & Learning -FSL), Liz Hoang (Manager- Child Care Services), Kendall Duthie, Charlotte Sepra, Alex Tinker (Parent Reps.- Perth Avenue), Alexis Davies, Christina Leys (Parent Reps. – Rawlinson) Nathan Garcia, Eva Lee, Stephanie Marshall (Parent Reps. – Winona Drive) Item / Presenter Discussion Attachments / Actions / Results Sandra Tondat Acknowledgement of Traditional Lands Welcome and Introductions: Sandra welcomed everyone to the Public Meeting of the Regal Road Jr. PS, Perth Avenue Jr. PS, Carleton Village Jr. & Sr. SWA, Rawlinson CS, Brock PS, Winona Drive Sr. PS Sandra Tondat (Chair) Program Area Review Team (PART) and thanked the attendees for coming out on such a rainy evening. The purpose of the meeting was to present and discuss proposed recommendations to address accommodation pressures at Regal Road Junior Public School, Perth Avenue Junior Public School and their neighbouring schools. Introductions: o Sandra Tondat, Superintendent of Education – LN27 (Regal Road, Carleton Village and Rawlinson) and PART Chair. o Trustee Marit Stiles, Ward 9 (Regal Road, Perth Avenue, Carleton Village, Rawlinson and Brock) and Trustee Shelley Laskin, Ward 11 (Winona Drive) o Jane Phillips-Long, Superintendent of Education - LN26 (Perth Avenue and 1 Item / Presenter Discussion Attachments / Actions / Results Brock). Shared regrets from Kathleen Garner, Superintendent of Education – LN7 (Winona Drive). o PART parent representatives in attendance– acknowledged their hard work. o Matt Forest, parent representative – French as a Second Language Advisory Council (FSLAC) o Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Planning and central staff PART members. o Interpreters Thanked Principal Steve Yee and the staff of Oakwood Collegiate Institute for hosting and Oakwood students, Sara and Val who provided technical/media support during the public meeting. Attendees were told to feel free to interrupt when acronyms were used during the presentation (full title/definition). Setting the Context For reference, please see Regal Road Jr. PS, Perth Avenue Jr. PS, Carleton Village Jr. & PART Public Meeting April Sandra Tondat Sr. PS, Rawlinson CS, Brock PS, and Winona Drive Sr. PS Program Area Review Team 16, 2018 Presentation Public Meeting April 16, 2018 (link to the presentation attached). (slides) Program Area Review Reviewed the TDSB’s Long-Term Program and Accommodation Strategy (LTPAS), webpage: first approved in 2014 (and updated annually), identifies a number of studies to be http://www.tdsb.on.ca/Abou undertaken to resolve existing and future accommodation pressures in the City. t-Us/Strategy- Planning staff and Trustees review every year (slide 4). Planning/Accommodation- The following study is the focus of this PART Exercise: Reviews o Boundary Change Study: explore potential boundary changes involving Under Program Area Carleton Village Jr. & Sr. Sports & Wellness Academy, Regal Road Jr. PS Review (PART), click on and Perth Avenue Jr. PS to achieve an optimal distribution of students the following: “Regal Road across the three schools while mitigating underutilization at Carleton Village Jr PS, Perth Avenue Jr PS, Carleton Village Jr & Sr Jr. & Sr. Sports and Wellness Academy. SWA, Rawlinson CS, Brock o Scope of the PART can be expanded if new and/or other issues are PS, and Winona Drive Sr identified. PS o Link to the Regal Road Jr. PS, Perth Avenue Jr. PS, Carleton Village Jr. & Sr. SWA, Rawlinson CS, Brock PS, and Winona Drive Sr. PS Program Area Review webpage attached. Reviewed LTPAS Program and Accommodation drivers (slide 5). o Program Drivers: program choice, equity, fair access to specialized program and schools, and viability. 2 Item / Presenter Discussion Attachments / Actions / Results o Accommodation Drivers: good distribution of schools, minimal transitions, minimal use of portables, service integration, good utilization, distinct attendance areas, and efficient use of space. Question (Q): Are the ‘drivers’ weighted or is there a rubric? Answer (A): Try to meet all drivers. There are instances when some drivers are more important. Program Area Review Outlined Program Area Review Process (slides 6 and 7). Process Study identified for 2017- 2018 Sandra Tondat September 2017: study approved by the Central Accommodation Team (CAT) made up of Board staff. Local Feasibility Team (LFT) formed (membership includes directly affected superintendents, principals, trustees, planning and other central staff as required). October 2017 to February 2018: LFT met three times. Looked at status quo, enrolment projections, reviewed data and discussed impacts of any proposed changes. LFT agreed on recommendation and reported back to CAT March 2018: CAT approval to move to a PART. March to April 2018: Program Area Review Team (PART) – currently at this stage in the process. Role of the PART: o PART members receive data and ask questions. o PART members review data, discuss impacts, and make a recommendation to proceed or not to proceed with any change. o PART could ask for other recommendations or request other information and data. o PART’s role is advisory – will make recommendations to inform staff /or Board members. Recommendations may be modified by staff and/ or Board members (CAT, Planning & Priorities, Board of Trustees). o Goal of the PART is to reach consensus. If consensus can’t be reached, move to a vote. Only the principal and parent representative vote (central staff and trustees do not vote). 1 parent vote for each school as not every school has 2 representatives present. In the event of a tie, the superintendent (PART Chair) casts the deciding vote. o 3 PART working meetings and 1community meeting to receive broader feedback (2 meetings prior to the community meeting and 1 after). o April 26 PART working meeting – feedback from community meeting. PART finalizes recommendations. 3 Item / Presenter Discussion Attachments / Actions / Results o Once PART has reached a decision, superintendent and staff prepare a report with recommendations to go to the Central Accommodation Team (CAT). o PART’s role is advisory – will make recommendations to inform staff /or Board members. Recommendations may be modified by staff and/ or Board members (CAT, Planning & Priorities, Board of Trustees). May to June 2018: After considering the committee’s recommendations, central staff shall present its own recommendations to the Planning and Priorities Committee (June 13) and then to a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees (June 20). Delegation Request form o Delegation Process - June 13, 2018 meeting of the TDSB’s Planning and provided at the meeting. Priorities Committee: PART public meeting attendees informed that Delegation Process - community members may have the opportunity to present their comments, Addressing Committees suggestions, etc. to the Planning and Priorities Committee by submitting a written statement or speaking. Link to delegation process attached. PART public meeting attendees had the opportunity to write questions, suggestions, comments on sticky notes and place on boundary maps outside the auditorium after the presentation. Feedback will be reviewed by staff and PART members. Local Feasibility Team’s Sandra invited Joyce Kwong, Educational Planner to present the LFT’s recommended (LFT) Recommended scenario, information, data, status quo projections and the impact of the scenario on the Scenario schools involved in the PART. Joyce Kwong Joyce presented the LFT’s recommended scenario (as amended as per PART feedback). Junior Attendance Area Changes (slide 8) o Boundary change between Regal Road Jr. PS and Carleton Village Jr. & Sr. SWA to direct portion of Regal Road’s junior attendance area to Carleton Village. o Boundary change between Perth Avenue Jr. PS and Carleton Village Jr. & Sr. SWA to direct portion of Perth Avenue’s junior attendance area to Carleton Village. o Boundary change between Regal Road Jr. PS and Rawlinson CS to direct portion of Regal Road’s junior attendance area to Rawlinson CS. Joyce outlined the grandparenting
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