director’s annual accommodation report february 18, 2014
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DIRECTOR’S ANNUAL ACCOMMODATION REPORT
February 18, 2014
PURPOSEPURPOSE
SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENTACHIEVEMENT
HOW?HOW?
BY MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCIES TO ENSURE THE BY MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCIES TO ENSURE THE EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF STUDENT EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF STUDENT
PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND RESOURCES PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND RESOURCES ACROSS THE DISTRICTACROSS THE DISTRICT
CURENT INFRASTRUCTURECURENT INFRASTRUCTURE
SPACE UTILIZATIONSPACE UTILIZATION
RENEWALRENEWAL
FUNDINGFUNDING
THE FACILITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET REPRESENTS THE BOARD’S SECOND LARGEST BUDGET, CLASSROOM TEACHERS BEING THE LARGEST
AT 36.8 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE 2013/14 SCHOOL YEAR, THIS BUDGET IS SUPPLEMENTED ABOVE THE FUNDING FORMULA FROM OTHER GSN BASED GRANTS IN ORDER TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE
AS THE BOARD’S ACCUMULATED SURPLUS CONTINUES TO DECREASE, EFFICIENCIES IN PROGRAM DELIVERY AND INFRASTRUCTURE UTILIZATION ARE KEY FACTORS TO FUTURE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
STUDENT ENROLMENTSTUDENT ENROLMENT
Census Subdivision 2011 Population 2006 Population % Change
Windsor 210,891 216,473 -2.6
Lakeshore 34,546 33,245 3.9
LaSalle 28,643 27,652 3.6
Tecumseh 23,610 24,224 -2.5
Amherstburg 21,556 21,748 -.09
Essex 19,600 20,032 -2.2
Leamington 28,403 28,833 -1.5
Kingsville 21,362 20,908 2.2
Taken from 2011 Census Report
POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONPOPULATION DISTRIBUTION
AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE DISTRIBUTION
WINDSOR - CITY LAKESHORE - TOWN
ENROLMENT FORECASTENROLMENT FORECASTYear Elementary
% Change Secondary
% Change Total
2001 24,959 4.60 12,705 1.56 37,6642002 25,011 0.21 12,562 -1.13 37,5732003 24,960 -0.20 11,951 -4.86 36,9112004 24,501 -1.84 12,183 1.94 36,6842005 24,097 -1.65 12,348 1.35 36,4452006 24,080 -0.07 12,456 0.87 36,5362007 23,606 -1.97 12,509 0.43 36,1152008 23,083 -2.22 12,432 -0.62 35,5152009 22,046 -4.49 12,460 0.23 34,5062010 22,133 0.39 12,492 0.26 34,6252011 22,193 0.27 12,439 -0.42 34,6322012 22,748 2.50 12,313 -1.01 35,0612013 23,515 3.37 12,043 -2.19 35,5582014 23,897 1.62 11,865 -1.48 35,7622015 23,858 -0.16 11,832 -0.28 35,6902016 23,969 0.47 11,553 -2.36 35,5222017 23,963 -0.03 11,562 0.08 35,5252018 24,061 0.41 11,232 -2.85 35,2932019 24,119 0.24 11,097 -1.20 35,2162020 24,262 0.59 11,043 -0.49 35,3052021 24,347 0.35 10,945 -0.89 35,2922022 24,412 0.27 11,075 1.19 35,4872023 24,478 0.27 10,994 -0.73 35,4722024 24,544 0.27 11,103 0.99 35,6472025 24,572 0.11 11,151 0.43 35,7232026 24,621 0.20 11,178 0.24 35,7992027 24,679 0.24 11,239 0.55 35,9182028 24,738 0.24 11,275 0.32 36,013
ELEMENTARY ANALYSISELEMENTARY ANALYSIS
Capacity FTE Elementary
OTG Capacity 26,373
Portables 1,150
Portapak 667
Total Capacity 28,190
Utilization rate 89%
Empty spaces 2,858
SECONDARY ANALYSISSECONDARY ANALYSIS
Capacity FTE Secondary
OTG Capacity 15,886
Portables 63
Portapak 0
Total Capacity 15,949
Utilization rate 76%
Empty spaces 3,852
ACTIONS TO DATEACTIONS TO DATE
Facility ServicesFacility Services
1)Energy Initiatives (15% reduction in energy use from previous year)
2)Ontario Power Authority ‘FIT’ Program
INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTURERenewal Backlog to 2013 (TCPS – 30% of Schools Inspected) $ 380,973,413
Actions to Date
Replacement Schools Essex District High (1922)Benson (1915)Taylor (1950)Leamington District Secondary (1953)
School Closures Ruthven
Renewal Backlog Avoidance $ 25,908,588
Future Approved Actions
School Closures DM EagleForster SecondaryMcGregorVictoria
Renewal Backlog Avoidance $ 36,748,757
Renewal Backlog to 2013 (TCPS – 30% of Schools Inspected)
$ 380,973,413
Actions to DateReplacement Schools
Essex District High (1922)Benson (1915)Taylor (1950)Leamington District Secondary (1953)
School Closures Ruthven
Renewal Backlog Avoidance $ 25,908,588
Future Approved ActionsSchool Closures DM Eagle
Forster SecondaryMcGregorVictoria
Renewal Backlog Avoidance $ 36,748,757
FCI vs UTILIZATION RATESFCI vs UTILIZATION RATES
BELLE RIVER FAMILYBELLE RIVER FAMILY
• BOUNDRY CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE SEPT. 2014. (286 from LDS to BRPS and 65 from BRPS to CCPS)
• BRPS TO BECOME A DUAL TRACK FI SITE – RELIEF TO LDS
• BRDHS HAS DECLINING ENROLMENT, EXACERBATED BY THE OPENING OF TVA. FURTHER EVALUATION NECESSARY
• CENTENNIAL SERVES A SPECIFIC BUT LIMITED POPULATION. NEAR FUTURE VIABLE, BUT FURTHER EVALUATION NECESSARY
ESSEX FAMILYESSEX FAMILY
• EXPERIENCING DECLINING ENROLMENT, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IS NOT MATERIALIZING
• PORTAPAK AT GOSFIELD NORTH CONTINUES TO AGE
• NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL UNDERWAY, WILL BE BUILT FOR 700 PUPILS WHICH IS LESS THAN THE CURRENT SPACES BUT REFLECTS THE PROJECTED ENROLMENT OVER 10 YEARS
• COLCHESTER NORTH CONTINUES TO DECLINE AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR FUTURE ACCOMMODATION STUDY
FORSTER FAMILY FORSTER FAMILY (FUTURE WFA)(FUTURE WFA)
• NEW BENSON/TAYLOR OPENING FOR SEPT. 2014
• ENROLMENT DECLINE CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE WITHIN THIS FAMILY OF SCHOOLS
• AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, RISING RENEWAL COSTS AND LOW UTILIZATION AT MARLBOROUGH ARE A CONCERN AN WILL BE MONITORED FOR FUTURE ACCOMMODATION OPPORTUNITIES
• WESTVIEW FREEDOM ACADEMY COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL READY FOR SEPT. 2014
GENERAL AMHERST FAMILYGENERAL AMHERST FAMILY
• ENROLMENT IS STRONG IN ONE SCHOOL BUT DECLINING IN OTHERS. DIFFICULT TO PREDICT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THE CO-TERMINOUS SCHOOL CLOSURE INITIALLY INCREASING, NOW DECLINING FROM THE ORIGINAL INFLUX
• INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING AND RENEWAL NEEDS ARE INCREASING
• SECONDARY SCHOOL IS EXPERIENCING ENROLMENT DECLINE AND MUST BE MONITORED FOR FUTURE ACCOMMODATION STUDY
HARROW FAMILYHARROW FAMILY
• TRANSITION AND GRADE RE-STRUCTURING HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL
• RENOVATIONS TO BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY
• SECONDARY ENROLMENT WILL DECLINE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED
HERMAN FAMILYHERMAN FAMILY• SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT IS PROJECTED TO
DECLINE
• APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DEPENDENT UPON MINISTRY FUNDING AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE MINISTRY AT THIS POINT WITH RESPECT TO THE HERMAN FAMILY
• RENEWAL NEEDS AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE WITHIN THIS FAMILY SHOULD THE MINISTRY NOT APPROVE SUBMITTED BUSINESS CASES
• CONTINUED PERSUIT OF MINISTRY FUNDING OR AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS MAY BE NECESSARY
KENNEDY FAMILYKENNEDY FAMILY
• AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND RISING RENEWAL COSTS CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN AT QUEEN VICTORIA. ENROLMENT DECLINE ONLY EXACERBATES THE SITUATION AND A FUTURE ACCOMMODATION REVIEW IS IMMINENT
• KENNEDY WILL EXPERIENCE DECLINING ENROLMENT OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS AND BEYOND. CURRENT DECLINE HAS BEEN BALANCED BY A HIGH OUT OF DISTRICT POPULATION OF STUDENTS
• A RECENT CHANGE FROM FULL YEAR TO A SEMESTERED TIMETABLE AT KENNEDY FOR SEPT. 2014 MAY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED ENROLMENT.
KINGSVILLE FAMILYKINGSVILLE FAMILY
• AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FOR THE FIRST BUSINESS CASE SUBMITTED AS A RESULT OF PARC WHICH IS THE JK-12 NEWLY BUILT SCHOOL INCORPORATING ALL THE STUDENTS FROM JACK MINER, KINGSVILLE PS AND KINGSVILLE DHS
• THE RUTHVEN TRANSITION TO JACK MINER HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE NEAR 100% CAPACITY
LEAMINGTON FAMILYLEAMINGTON FAMILY• SITE LOCATION FOR NEW 1000 PUPIL SECONDARY
SCHOOL NEARLY SECURED
• UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAJOR EMPLOYER IN THE TOWN ANNOUNCED ITS CLOSURE IN THE SUMMER OF 2014. CLOSE MONITORING IS NECESSARY
• GORE HILL CONITINUES TO SEE LOW ENROLMENT AS PROJECTED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS HAVE NOT AS YET MATERIALIZED
• MILL STREET, A ONCE FULL SCHOOL, OPERATES AT HALF CAPACITY, ALTHOUGH 230 OF THE SPACES ARE AN AGING PORTAPAK
• EAST MERSEA, A SMALL SCHOOL, SERVES A DISTINCT POPULATION DRAWING STUDENTS FROM THE L-K DSB
MASSEY FAMILYMASSEY FAMILY• TWO AREAS OF GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS ARE SOUTH
CAMERON AND WALKER GATES WHICH WILL INFLUENCE ENROLMENTS AT NORTHWOOD AND SOMEWHAT AT TALBOT TRAIL, WHICH HAS NEARLY REACHED ITS RESIDENT BUILD-OUTS
• CENTRAL CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE VERY LOW ENROLMENT AND GLENWOOD IS PROJECTED TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME DECLINE, EVEN WITH THE RECENT CONSOLIDATION OF THE OAKWOOD STUDENTS THAT INITIALLY BOOSTED ENROLMENT
• BASED ON A PREVIOUS TRUSTEE APPROVED MOTION, CENTRAL IS RECONSIDERED FOR CLOSURE IF UNDER 60% CAPACITY
• SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT IS PROJECTED TO DECLINE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS CHANGING FROM THE RECENT PATTERN OF INCREASING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS
RIVERSIDE FAMILYRIVERSIDE FAMILY• AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND RISING RENEWAL COSTS ARE
A CONCERN WITHIN THIS FAMILY. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUZUKI, ALL SCHOOLS HAVE A LOW UTILIZATION RATE AND HIGH FCI (EXCLUDING EASTWOOD FCI)
• TWO GROWTH AREAS WITHIN CITY LIMITS, THE FOREST GLADE CORRIDOR AND THE LITTLE RIVER CORRIDOR WILL ASSIST IN ALLEVIATING DECLINING ENROLMENT
• THE NEW FI PROGRAM COMMENCING IN SEPT. 2014 AT FOREST GLADE IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE UTILIZATION %
• THE SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL EXPERIENCE ENROLMENT DECLINE LIKE MANY OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM
SANDWICH FAMILYSANDWICH FAMILY• ENROLMENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE STRENGTH AND
STABILITY WITHIN THIS FAMILY
• THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTIONS SHOW CONTINUED GROWTH BUT MAYBE INFLATED BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION OF BELLEWOOD AND GILES CAMPUS TO THE FAMILY
• A PATTERN OF TRANSITION WILL BE MORE ACCURATE AND DETERMINED OVER TIME
• PRINCE ANDREW WILL BE MONITORED AS THE PORTAPAK CONTINUES TO AGE AND FUTURE DEVELEMENT AND GROWTH IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN WITHIN THE SCHOOL’S BOUNDARY
TECUMSEH FAMILYTECUMSEH FAMILY• RECENTLY APPROVED BOUNDARY CHANGES AND SCHOOL
CLOSURE WILL IMPROVE UTILIZATION RATES AND EVENTUALLY ADDRESS CAPACITY ISSUES
• SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE IN SEPT. 2014. AS A RESULT, THIS IS THE FIRST PRIORITY FOR MINISTRY FUNDING FOR AN ADDITION, TO WHICH WE AWAIT A DECISION
• APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DM EAGLE PORTION WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON MINISTRY FUNDING
WALKERVILLE FAMILYWALKERVILLE FAMILY• AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND RISING RENEWAL COSTS ARE A
MAJOR CONCERN AT 3 OF THE 5 SCHOOLS WITHIN THIS FAMILY
• ENROLMENT IS DECLINING BUT IS ALLEVIATED BY A LARGE ‘OUT OF DISTRICT’ POPULATION AT BOTH K. EDWARD AND BEATON
• THE SECONDARY SCHOOL IS NOT PROJECTED TO EXPERIENCE ANY SIGNIFICANT DECLINE ONLY BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL ENROLMENT FROM THE STUDENTS ATTENDING THE CREATIVE ARTS PROGRAM.
• FURTHER TO POINT #1, ENROLMENT DECLINE AT P. EDWARD ONLY EXACERBATES THE SITUATION AND A FUTURE ACCOMMODATION REVIEW MAY BE NECESSARY
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLSVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS• IT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO CONSOLIDATE TWO
SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO A COMMUNITY SCHOOL ON THE CENTURY SITE COMMENCING SEPT. 2014. THE SCHOOL WILL BE WESTVIEW FREEDON ACADEMY
• ENROLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE AS MORE PROGRAMMING IS OFFERED IN OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS
• ALONG WITH THE INCREASING FCI,THE MODEL OF DELIVERY WILL CONITNUE TO BE MONITORED FOR FUTURE ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS
RECOMMENDATIONSRECOMMENDATIONS
1) THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOMMODATIONS CONDUCT A BOARD-WIDE REVIEW OF ALL GECDSB SCHOOLS CONSIDERING DECLINING ENROLMENT AND INCREASING RENEWAL NEEDS.
2) THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOMMODATIONS INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF OPEN VERSUS CLOSED BOUNDARIES ON CAPACITY ISSUES IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF THE GECDSB.