Multi-Year PlanningMount Pearl & Paradise

Board PresentationApril 11, 2014

Current Configuration

Morris AcademyK-4

Paradise ElementaryK-6

Elizabeth ParkK-6

St. Peter’s ElementaryK-6

Mary Queen of the WorldK-6

Newtown ElementaryK-6

Mount Pearl Intermediate (5-9) St. Peter’s Junior High (7-9)

Mount Pearl Senior High (10-12) O’Donel High School (10-12)

SPE EFI G6 only to MPI remainder to SPJH for G7

Challenges for Mt. Pearl/Paradise System

• Current capacity concerns at:– St. Peter’s Elementary

• September 2014 capacity concerns at:– Mount Pearl Senior High

Process to Date

October 30

Initial Meeting

School Council Reps

November 27

Presentation of General

Options

December 2013

Individual Council

deliberations

January 14

Met with School Council Reps to select

options for public

consultation

February 13 & 19

Public Presentations

Up to March 5

Online feedback on

Options

March 8

Notice of Motion

March/April

Online feedback on Notices of

Motion

April 10

Public Hearings

Configuration if Motions Adopted

Morris AcademyK-5

Paradise ElementaryK-6

Elizabeth ParkK-6

St. Peter’s ElementaryK-3

Mary Queen of the WorldK-6

Newtown Elementary4-6

Mount Pearl Intermediate (6-8) St. Peter’s Junior High (7-9)

Mount Pearl Senior High (9 –12) O’Donel High School (10-12)

All EFI in SPE move to Newtown and on to SPJH

Mount Pearl Senior High SystemMotion

• WHEREAS the Newfoundland and Labrador English School Board is committed to providing the best possible educational programs for students; and

• WHEREAS a reorganization of schooling is required to achieve that objective,

• BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Morris Academy be reconfigured from a Kindergarten to Grade 4 school at present to a Kindergarten to Grade 5 school beginning the 2014-2015 school year, and

• that Mount Pearl Intermediate be reconfigured from a Grade 5 to Grade 9 school at present to a Grade 6 to Grade 8 school beginning the 2014-2015 school year and be accommodated in the current Mount Pearl Senior High building, and

• that Mount Pearl Senior High be reconfigured from a Grade 10 to Grade 12 school at present to a Grade 9 to Grade 12 school beginning the 2014-2015 school year and be accommodated in the current Mount Pearl Intermediate building.

MPSH MotionBuilding Exchange (MPSH/MPI)

MPSH System Changes

School Current Proposed

Elizabeth Park Elem* K-6 K-6

Paradise Elem* K-6 K-6

Morris Academy K-4 K-5

MPI** 5-9 6-8

MPSH** 10-12 9-12

* Additional K-6 School for Paradise** Building Exchange

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6-8

K-5

9-12

School Other Against For Total

Elizabeth Park Elementary 0

Morris Academy 1 1

Paradise Elementary 4 4

Mount Pearl Intermediate 8 6 3 17

Mount Pearl Senior High 1 4 5

TOTALS 13 7 7 27

Other48%

Against26%

For26%

TOTALS

MPSH System Feedback

27 respondents from families of 3037 students

School Council PositionMorris Academy

• Retaining Gr 5 students (group younger students when possible, space available, program advantages, reduced traffic at MPI)

• Support Notice of Motion

• The Paradise School Council supports the motion regarding the establishment of a new junior high/ high school in Paradise as well as the motion regarding the reconfiguration of Mount Pearl Intermediate and Mount Pearl Senior High.

School Council Position

School Council PositionElizabeth Park

• Support Notice of Motion

School Council PositionMPI

• We have a terrific school model at MPI that is not broke and we wish to not try and fix something that is not broke. We do not trust the numbers that have been used to determine the FRC for each school as many mistakes using this source have been made in the past. The political answer is "no capital investment if there is space regardless of disruption to staff and students". Our position is "How does this promote healthy learning?"

School Council Position MPSH

• Although not an ideal solution in itself, a building swap does appear as the least intrusive measure of those options proposed to deal with our current overcrowding concerns and future capacity issues. Our success as a school community is in no small part due to the fact that teachers and administration at MPSH have diversified their teaching and learning strategies to incorporate significant technological resources as per the 21st Century Learning Model. It is these resources in the form of computer labs and LRC space that are continually reduced to accommodate increased student enrolment. If we continue to eliminate such resources the impact will be witnessed in student achievement and student wellness.

• The proposed building swap will bring many challenges to both school communities but will allow all students in our catchments area to continue to receive the same high quality education that the community has been accustomed to receiving. Ultimately, students and staff at MPSH would prefer to remain in their current MPSH facility but that is impossible given the challenges and the restrictions that have been placed upon potential solutions.

• As a school council we are confident in stating that the academic success of our students is more dependent upon what goes on inside the walls of our building rather than where the building is located. The bottom line is that we need something done to alleviate the pressure upon our school. If nothing can be done to increase capacity at MPSH we have no choice but endorse a building exchange between MPI and MPSH.

RecommendationMPSH System

• Motion be adopted

– Morris K-5

– MPI 6-8, MPSH 9-12

O’Donel SystemMotion

• WHEREAS the Newfoundland and Labrador English School Board is committed to providing the best possible educational programs for students; and

• WHEREAS a reorganization of schooling is required to achieve that objective,

• BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the current catchment areas for St. Peter’s Elementary and Newtown Elementary be combined into one catchment area for both schools beginning the 2014-2015 school year, and

• St. Peter’s Elementary be reconfigured from a Kindergarten to Grade 6 school at present to a Kindergarten to Grade 3 school beginning the 2014-2015 school year, and

• that Newtown Elementary be reconfigured from a Kindergarten to Grade 6 school at present to a Grade 4 to Grade 6 school beginning the 2014-2015 school year, and

• that all Early French Immersion students in St. Peter’s Elementary and Newtown Elementary feed to St. Peter’s Junior High beginning the 2014-2015 school year, and

• that the Board request an extension to St. Peter’s Elementary and St. Peter’s Junior High School to meet the programming needs of the school communities.

O’Donel Motion

O’Donel System Changes

School Current Proposed

MQW K-6 K-6

St. Peter’s Elem*+** K-6 K-3

Newtown Elem* K-3 4-6

SPJH** 7-9 7-9

O’Donel High 10-12 10-12

* EFI students remain in system** Capital Requests SPE & SPJH (New Gym)

4-6

7-9

K-310-12

K-6

School Other Catchment Against For Motion Totals

Newtown Elementary 2 28 9 10 49

Mary Queen of the World 2 1 1 4

St. Peter's Elementary 4 12 3 10 29

St. Peter's Junior High 1 1

O'Donel High School 2 2

TOTALS 10 41 12 22 85

O’Donel System Feedback

Other12%

Total Catchment

48%

Against14%

For Motion26%

TOTALS

85 respondents from families of 2826 students in system

School Council Position St. Peter’s Elementary

• 1. Support Motion to adopt Option 1• 2. Significant benefits to school from Option 1• 3. Strong opposition to catchment changes or other

grade realignment• 4. Solution must be implemented by Sept 2014 in

keeping with NLESD commitment

School Council Position Mary Queen of the World

• Support Current Notice of Motion

School Council Position Newtown Elementary

• Our School Council, through input from parents, would like to have the Trustees defeat the motion and propose a new motion.

• They want the realignment of the Catchment area model. However, they want to suggest that the catchment area that was proposed be amended to have Newtown retain the Brookfield Plains (Castlebridge) families.

• As an alternate proposal, if the realignment cannot be amended, the School Council suggests that the families from the Brookfield (Castlebridge) area be "grandfathered in" so that they may remain at Newtown.

School Council PositionSt. Peter’s Junior High

• The SPJH School Council support the new proposal that utilizes the principles of the Board Motion but sees the reconfiguration of the catchment for Newtown & St. Peter's Elementary. They prefer the realignment of model B.

• Their second choice would be as per the Board Motion.

• They in no way support the grade configuration for SPJH changing from 7-9 to 5-8.

• They continue to support the proposed extension for SPJH.

School Council Position O’Donel

• O'Donel's School Council is in favour of the Board's Notice of Motion for Mount Pearl.

O’Donel System: Catchment Change?Potential Models

No change to configuration

School Current Proposed

MQW K-6 K-6

St. Peter’s Elem* K-6 K-6

Newtown Elem* K-6 K-6

SPJH** 7-9 7-9

O’Donel High 10-12 10-12

*EFI students remain in system** Capital Request SPJH (New Gym)

CURRENT K-6 CATCHMENT

POTENTIAL K-6 CATCHMENT

REALIGNMENT MODEL A

POTENTIAL K-6 CATCHMENT

REALIGNMENT MODEL B

POTENTIAL K-6 CATCHMENT

REALIGNMENT MODEL C

POTENTIAL K-6 CATCHMENT

REALIGNMENT MODEL D

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Mary Queen of the World Elementary

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Mary Queen of the World Elementary

Current Option A Option B Option C

Option D Motion Cap

MQW Current 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Current 401 412 415 410 415 415 426 420 399 399 399

Option A 484 503 498 493 510 507 509 508 488 490 486

Option B 446 461 458 456 465 457 457 451 435 436 436

Option C 401 420 422 419 421 414 420 420 399 399 399

Option D 401 420 422 419 421 414 420 420 399 399 399

Motion 401 412 415 410 415 415 426 420 399 402 404

Cap 588 588 588 588 588 588 588 588 588 588 588

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Newtown Elementary

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Newtown Elementary

Current Option A Option B Option C

Option D Motion Cap

Newtown Current 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Current 363 381 392 406 420 437 458 455 463 463 463

Option A 442 458 470 487 486 499 523 509 516 521 519

Option B 483 495 499 500 507 532 557 568 576 585 580

Option C 482 493 505 524 530 539 559 541 551 557 554

Option D 484 497 502 514 533 558 582 585 592 601 597

Motion 507 500 500 506 522 529 534 542 547 538 527

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St. Peter's Elementary

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St. Peter's Elementary

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Option D Motion Cap

SPE Current 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Current 757 783 801 818 843 856 860 859 848 830 812

Option A 605 605 624 638 658 678 702 711 701 693 685

Option B 602 612 641 661 681 695 710 708 694 682 669

Option C 643 644 660 674 702 725 752 762 751 742 729

Option D 641 647 672 689 706 722 739 741 731 721 712

Motion 644 664 680 689 693 696 694 688 682 677 698

Cap 709 709 709 709 709 709 709 709 709 709 709

Option ComparisonO’Donel System

Motion• Advantages

– Potential to address long term enrolment issues

– Can improve facilities at SPE

– Focus on Primary and Elementary learning

– Combining rather than reconfiguring

– Single catchment less susceptible to imbalances in school populations created by growth/decline in specific neighborhoods

• Disadvantages

– Physical Education and music conducted in non-specialty instructional space (until capital works implemented)

– Shorter time to build community, additional school transitions, no interaction with primary/elementary (eg learning buddies), siblings no longer in same building

– Increased traffic for SPE K-3

Catchment Change• Advantages

– Potential to address long term enrolment issues (Model A only)

– K-6 siblings remain in same building

– Full 7 years in elementary school to build community

– Interaction between primary and elementary (eglearning buddies)

• Disadvantages

– Divides student cohorts

– Diverting some students/families to a new school

– Long term enrolment issues not fully addressed in Model B,C, or D

– Requests to ‘grandfather’ students in current schools or French Immersion choice may impact on full desired effect of catchment change

O’Donel SystemRecommendation

• Ranked as:

– Motion be adopted; or

– Catchment realignment Model A

Note: Models B,C, or D do not offer a long term solution