Acadia Elementary and David Thompson Middle Student Accommodation Information Meeting

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Acadia Elementary and David Thompson Middle
Student Accommodation Information Meeting

• May 3, 2006

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AGENDA

• Introduction
• Purpose of Meeting
• Presentation
• Questions/Comments
• Opportunities/Challenges
• Next Steps

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Background InformationAcadia Elementary

• Acadia Elementary has been a bus receiver school
  for over 25 years.
• McKenzie Towne students were designated to Acadia
  Elementary in 1996.

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Background InformationAcadia Elementary

• The grade configuration changed from K-GR6 to
  K-GR4 in 2000.
• New Brighton and Copperfield students were
  designated to Acadia Elementary in 2002.

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Current StatusAcadia Elementary

• Kindergarten to Grade 4 students are designated
  to Acadia Elementary from Acadia, McKenzie Towne,
  Copperfield and New Brighton

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Acadia Community Demographic Data
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McKenzie Towne Community Demographic Data
The projected population in McKenzie Towne is
18,200 to 20,200 people.
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Copperfield Community Demographic Data
The projected population in Copperfield is 10,400
to 11,400 people.
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New Brighton Community Demographic Data
The projected population in New Brighton is
11,300 to 12,500 people.
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Acadia Elementary Enrolment as of September 30,
2005
The enrolment at Acadia Elementary continues to
increase throughout the school year from
October to March, enrolment increased by 49
students.
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How many students can Acadia Elementary
accommodate?

• Provincial capacity is 554 student spaces which
  is based on square metres.
• Rated room capacity is 525 student spaces which
  is based on 21 classrooms _at_ 25 students per
  classroom (this includes the computer lab).

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Acadia ElementaryProjected for September 2006
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Can Acadia Elementary continue to accommodate
these students?

• 133 Kindergarten 3 rooms
• 449 Grades 1-4 18 rooms
• Total rooms required 21 rooms
• Classrooms available 21 rooms

What about growth throughout the school year?
What if the projected enrolment is low?
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Background InformationDavid Thompson Middle
School

• David Thompson has been a bus receiver school for
  over 25 years.
• McKenzie Towne students were designated to David
  Thompson in 1996 for Grades 7-9.
• Chaparral students were designated to David
  Thompson in 1998 for Grades 7-9.

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Background InformationDavid Thompson Middle
School

• The grade configuration changed from GR7-9 to
  GR5-9 in 2000.
• Chaparral students were designated to David
  Thompson for Grades 5-9.
• New Brighton and Copperfield students were
  designated to David Thompson in 2002 for Grades
  5-9.

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Current StatusDavid Thompson Middle School

• Grades 5-9 students are designated to David
  Thompson Middle from Acadia, McKenzie Towne,
  Copperfield and New Brighton.
• Chaparral Grades 5-9 students are being
  redirected to Fish Creek Elementary and MidSun
  Junior High.

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David Thompson Middle SchoolEnrolment as of
September 30, 2005
Other category reports students from
out-of-attendance area, ie. Douglasdale/glen,
Maple Ridge, McKenzie Lake, Riverbend and Willow
Park.
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How many students can David Thompson Middle
accommodate?

• Provincial capacity is 937 student spaces which
  is based on square metres.
• Rated room capacity is 705 student spaces which
  is based on 27 classrooms _at_ 25 students per
  classroom (includes classroom in library) and 2
  CTS classrooms _at_ 20 students per classroom.

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David Thompson Middle SchoolProjected for
September 2006
Note Chaparral students currently in Grades 7-8
will be able to finish at David Thompson until
the end of Grade 9. All other students are
designated to MidSun effective September 2006.
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Unknowns?????

• When will the CBE get approval to build a school
  in McKenzie Towne? The 2005-2008 Three Year
  Capital Plan ranks an elementary school as
  priority number one.
• Will the new Catholic school in McKenzie Towne
  have an impact on our enrolment?
• Rate of growth in McKenzie Towne, Copperfield and
  New Brighton?

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Alternatives Considered

• Redirect all new students from McKenzie Towne to
  another bus receiver school.
• Divide the McKenzie Towne community and designate
  Prestwick or Inverness/Elgin to another bus
  receiver school.

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Alternatives Considered

• Designate Copperfield and New Brighton to new bus
  receiver schools.
• Accommodate two classes of grade four at Acadia
  and two classes of grade four at David Thompson.

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Recommended Plan for the 2006-2007 School Year

• Accommodate grade four students at David Thompson
  Middle School.
• Re-direct out-of-attendance area students to
  their designated school.

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Revised Enrolment ProjectionDavid Thompson Middle
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Revised Enrolment ProjectionAcadia Elementary
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Questions / Comments
Next Steps