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OTTAWA- CAUUON
DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
TO: Chair and Members DATE: 10 January 2000
of the Board
RE: Minor Boundary Review for Elementary Schools in Goulbourn
Trustee Scott has given notice that she will move as follows at the 10 January 2000 Board
meeting:
Whereas elementary schools in Goulbourn Township are currently operating at an overall
utilization over 109 %;
Whereas there are significant imbalances in overcrowding at different elementary schools in
Goulbourn Township, with A. Lorne Cassidy at 123.10% of capacity despite redirecting all its JK
students to other schools;
Whereas the Goulbourn community has been awaiting word on a consultative boundary review
since the conclusions of the 1998 -99 board -wide school accommodation study;
Whereas there has been no positive response as yet from the Ministry of Education to the Board's
January 1999 request to be allowed to use existing Education Development Charge reserves as
originally intended to build new schools in areas of enrolment growth and overcrowding;
Whereas the Board's December 1999 postponement of decisions on school closures may lead to
further delays in becoming eligible for New Pupil Place Grants for the construction of urgently
needed new schools;
Whereas enrolment in Goulbourn elementary schools continues to increase, especially in the
Stittsville area, exacerbating the imbalance in degrees of overcrowding;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
A. THAT a minor boundary review be carried out for elementary schools in Goulboum
Township to seek alternative temporary solutions for the imbalance in enrolments and
overcrowding;
B. THAT this boundary review include consultation with all five Goulbourn elementary
schools and their school communities; and
C. THAT a report be provided for Board consideration at the Board meeting of 28 February
2000, for implementation of any changes in boundaries and /or program locations
effective September 2000.
Joan Melancon
Assistant Secretary of the Board
James P. Grieve
Director of Education/
Secretary of the Board