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Title: HAMILTON WEST


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HAMILTON WEST ACCOMMODATION REVIEW
COMMITTEEPUBLIC MEETING 1
  • Cathedral High School
  • Monday February 4, 2008
  • 7 P.M.

2
AGENDA
  • Prayer
  • Welcome
  • Introduction of Committee Members
  • Accommodation Review Process
  • Questions
  • Adjournment - 830 p.m.

3
Hamilton West Accommodation Review Committee
Members
  • Chair Corrado Ciapanna
  • Superintendent of Education
  • Trustee Louis Agro
  • Wards 1 2

4
Hamilton West Accommodation Review Committee
Members
  • St. Joseph
  • Principal Flora Nordoff
  • Catholic School Council Dan Lagan
  • Community Rep. Peter Giorgini

5
Hamilton West Accommodation Review Committee
Members
  • St. Lawrence
  • Principal Nancy DOlimpio
  • Catholic School CouncilSusanne Caetano
  • St. Lawrence Parish Joe Wilhelm
  • Community Rep. Kathy Allen Fleet

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Hamilton WEST Accommodation Review Committee
Members
  • St. Mary
  • Principal Jerry Crapsi
  • Catholic School Council Sandra OHoski
  • St. Mary Parish Fr.Francisco Gennaro
  • Community Rep. Rev. Sue Ann Ward

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In keeping with the following Education Act s.
8(1)Ministry of Education Pupil Accommodation
Review Guidelines October 31,
2006Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School
Board Policy S. 09
  • The Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District
    School Board shall review its pupil accommodation
    requirements annually.

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Effects of Declining Enrolment
  • Declining enrolment presents many challenges and
    obstacles to sustain viable schools.
  • Grade structures and the reduction of teaching
    staff make it difficult for the Board to
    accommodate the needs of all students. (triple
    grades)

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  • For the Board to sustain and offer appropriate
    services for program delivery, special education,
    co-curricular activities as well as responsible,
    cost efficient facilities, schools in areas of
    significant declining enrolment with lower
    utilization levels or higher per pupil operating
    costs, need to be reviewed and considered for
    possible closure/consolidation.

10
  • Enrolment is the major factor in the overall
    operating and capital funding for a school board.
  • Enrolment and demographics determine to need for
    facilities
  • Enrolment is the major component of the Ministry
    of Education funding model
  • Enrolment is the key determinant of staffing
  • Given certain sizes and structures of schools,
    programs can be limited or enhanced based on
    enrolment.

11
Ministry of Education New Capital Funding Program
  • District school boards are to review their long
    term accommodation needs annually.
  • Local board data submitted annually to Ministry.
  • Ministry reviews data to determine provincial
    priorities related to funding capital projects in
    the upcoming years.

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Data Submission to Ministry
  • Includes
  • 10 year enrolment projections
  • Identification of current and future
    accommodation needs
  • Estimate of capital expenditures related to
    future school projects
  • 10 year estimate of expenditures related to
    school renewal
  • 10 year estimate of expenditures related to
    school operations

13
Comparison of Elementary Enrolment 2000-2007
14
Enrolment Projections 2005 2015(From March 2,
2007 Board Report)
15
Declining Enrolment
  • The HWCDSB has experienced and will continue
    to experience declining enrolment within the
    Board.

16
Enrolment October 2006
19,725 / 18,043 FTE
Enrolment October 2007
19, 391 / 17,794 FTE
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  • Factors Influencing Decline in Enrolment
  • Birth rate number of 0-3 year olds has
    decreased by 8 since 1996
  • Average size of family
  • Immigration
  • Residential construction
  • Catholicity of area

18
Shifting Student Population
In the last few years, increased housing activity
has caused a shift in the population ie
families moving from the lower city to the
developing areas on the escarpment and in the
suburbs. Such a pattern of growth and decline
has an impact on the system. As the enrolment in
the lower city schools continues to decline, the
enrolment in schools on the escarpment and
suburbs continues to increase.
19
Historical and Future Redevelopment
  • Enrolments have been declining in the lower city
    for a number of years. Since the 1980s there
    have been a number of school closures and
    consolidations due to declining enrolment
  • St. Emeric - closed
  • St. Charles - closed
  • St. Thomas Aquinas closed

20
Addressing Shifting Student Population
  • Since 2000, the Board has closed and consolidated
    5 schools
  • Christ the King with Canadian Martyrs
  • St. Bernard with St. David
  • St. Cecilia with Mother Teresa
  • St. Anthony - with St. Luke
  • St. Joan of Arc - with St. Agnes

21
Addressing Shifting Student Population
  • Since 2000, the Board has opened 6 elementary
    schools
  • Guardian Angels
  • Holy Name of Mary
  • Mother Teresa
  • Pope John Paul
  • St. Mark
  • St. Therese of Liseux

22
HWCDSB Capital Plan
  • Ancaster new school
  • Heritage Green new school
  • Flamborough new school
  • Binbrook new school
  • St. Thomas More addition
  • St. Jean de Brebeuf - addition

23
Board RecommendationMarch 6, 2007
  • That the Board direct staff to prepare a
    report to the next meeting of the Committee of
    the Whole which identifies schools that should be
    considered for possible consolidation or closure
    review.

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Board RecommendationApril 10, 2007
  • That the Board approve the pupil accommodation
    review for the
  • WEST Review Area
  • St. Christopher, St. David, St. Luke
  • Central Review Area
  • St. Helen, St. Eugene, Holy Family, St. John the
    Baptist, Holy Name of Jesus, St. Ann, St.
    Columba, St. Patrick, St. Brigid
  • West Review Area
  • St. Lawrence, St. Mary, St. Joseph
  • WEST Review Area
  • St. Jerome
  • St. Catherine of Sienna
  • 17 / 53 Elementary Schools currently under review

25
Pupil Accommodation Review Policy(S.09)
  • The Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School
    board is responsible for providing schools and
    facilities for its students and for operating and
    maintaining its schools as effectively and
    efficiently as possible to support student
    achievement.

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Pupil Accommodation Review Policy(S.09)
  • The annual review of the Boards pupil
    accommodation requirements shall examine the
    on-going viability and operation of any of its
    schools. This accommodation review would take
    into consideration questions such as declining
    enrolments and/or overcrowding, facility needs
    and programming, financial realities, aging
    building and the need for new facilities.

27
Pupil Accommodation Review Policy(S.09)
  • A School Valuation Framework shall be conducted
    on each school under review. The process shall
    assess each of the following
  • Value of the school to the student
  • Value of the school to the Board
  • Value of the school to the community
  • Value of the school to the local economy

28
Hamilton-West Accommodation Committee Review Area
  • Currently the Hamilton-West Accommodation
    Review Committee is working on the School
    Valuation Frameworks for the 3 schools in Ward 1
    2
  • St. Joseph
  • St. Lawrence
  • St. Mary

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Value to Students
  • Adequacy of internal physical space to support
    learning and development
  • Safety
  • Range of programs
  • Accessibility
  • Adequacy of external physical space
  • Academic outcomes
  • Quality of the learning environment
  • Proximity to other community resources
  • Co-curricular activities

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Value to Board
  • Adequacy of the site
  • Proximity to students
  • Cost to operate
  • Long term capital/renewal costs
  • Enrolment factors
  • Staffing

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Value to the Community
  • Interaction between the school and the parish
  • Value of the school if it is the only Catholic
    school in the community
  • Utilization of the school facility by community
    groups
  • School grounds as green space and/or available
    for recreational use
  • School as a partner in other government
    initiatives
  • Range of programs offered that serve both
    students and community members

32
Value to the Local Economy
  • Availability of training opportunities or
    partnerships with business
  • Value of the school if it is the only Catholic
    school in the community
  • Other potential impacts of closure/consolidation

33
Sharing of Findings School Valuation Framework
Second Public Meeting
  • At the March 17, 2008 Public Meeting, each
    school in the Review Area will share the School
    Valuation Framework data for their school.
  • The public will be invited to discuss the data
    presented for each school and provide feedback to
    the committee.

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The Accommodation Review Committee shall
  • Conduct a minimum of 4 public meetings
  • February 4, 2008
  • March 17, 2008
  • May 5, 2008
  • June 23, 2008
  • Prepare a report for presentation to the
    Administration at the Board

35
The Administration shall
  • Review and analyse the School Valuation Report
    submitted by the Review Committee
  • Present its findings and recommendations to the
    Board of Trustees

36
  • The Board of Trustees will make a decision
    regarding the schools under review.
  • The decision could include
  • Maintain the status quo
  • Recommend boundary changes
  • Recommend Closure/consolidation

37
Board Web Sitewww.hwcdsb.ca
  • Directors Office
  • 905-525-2930 - Terri Campanella
  • Superintendents Office
  • 905-525-2930 Ext. 2206

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