HomeMy WebLinkAbout10e Delegation Arnold Murphy re Overcrowding in West Carleton family of schools01/21/1994 07:15 613 -832 -2559
Thursday, June 22, 2000
FOBERT & ASSOC.
To: Joan Melancon
From: Virr{inia FohPrt
Stonecrest IIementaQy School Council Sub - Committee
Re: Delegation from Stonecrest as per conversation
Date of Monday, June 2E, 2000
Delegation:
Topic: (>,�ercrowding in West Carleton IIementcuy Schools
Presenter: Arnold Murphy
Issues: The Stonecrest Elementary School Council sub - committee will be
addressing -
the overcrowding in the West Carleton elementary schools
• the future growth in West Carleton
• the priority list for IDC funds
• the protocol for the decision making process for use of IDC
funds
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Overcrowding in West Carleton
Elementary Schools
Presentation to the
OCDSB
June 26, 2000
Past Events
• Presentation to the Board by Stonecrest Committee
- Jan 10, 24; Feb 3, 14, 28
• April 10; May 8; June l 2, 26
• April 2000 EDC funding of S13.5M becomes available
• Consistent message from Board to Stonecrest - no
commitment regarding review process, opportunity for
public input, decision making would be an open proccss
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What was the
"Decision Making Process?"
• Ministry guidelines "to determine feasibility prior to
construction money being spent ...
why watt a 15 year growth projection not developed!
• was ttansponarion to a neaft school considered?
• where was the oppottunily for public input.
• Even by attending most Board meeting and asking pointed
questions regarding the "process" this decision was a
surprise to all of us.
Why Not West Carleton?
• Meanwhile a 12.8M decision for Stonocrest completion gars postponed
again, even though:
• West Catidtm Schools have been ovmmwded for more than
10 Years - and we don't have available nee by faciGtics:
• all planning, blueprints, costing have been oornpiete for over a
rtroat L
• populylion growth for the pw4 ten years And nevi six years
show a steady dhab
— poteotisl for even gar growth ,emsts due to spLUover of high
tech community
— VIUMOua pockets of b XWing throughout WC springing up nou
• no appmPiate facilities exist to enable fulfilling the new
c urzkulunr mWiremems m subjects like Science. Art and
Music - textbook study no longer adequate;
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FOBERT & ASSOC.
So where do we go from here?
• How do we get heard by this Board after 10 years of
postponement?
• How can the Board justify making a decision on one site
while continuing to ignore overcrowding and an obvious
need in West Carleton and other areas?
Will the Board establish a process prior to expending the
remaining $5.8M
• Growth and overcrowding in WC is not an aberration
We followed the "process "_
We were patient.
We were objective in our requests,
and
We were left out in the cold.
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