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Don Bosco:Pupil Accommodation Review
October 25, 2016
PRAYER
St. John Bosco
Friend of the young,
Teacher in the ways of God,
Your dedication to empowering the needy inspires
us still.
Help me to work for a better world,
where the young are given the chance to flourish,
where the poor’s dream for justice can come true,
and where God’s compassion is shown to be real.
Intercede for me as I bring my needs to you and to
Our heavenly Mother, the Help of Christians.
Opening the Meeting
Welcome
Introductions School
Adrian Della Mora, Superintendent of Schools Area 1
Joe Martino, Trustee
Rory McGuckin, Associate Director of Education – Academic
Services
John Yan, Senior Coordinator Communications
Mario Silva, Comptroller Planning and Development
Jessica Peake, Senior Manager Planning and Assessment
Laraine D’Souza, Officer for Della Mora/Yack
High School Principals – Joseph Brisbois, Nancy Mancini and
Frank DeFina
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Tonight’s Agenda
Welcome & Introductions
Purpose of Tonight’s Meeting
Overview of the Pupil Accommodation Review
Process
Senior Staff Recommended Solution for Don Bosco
Strategic Administrative Support
Panel Question and Answer Period
Final Comments
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Why Tonight’s Meeting?
Pupil Accommodation Review
Options and challenges associated with under-subscribed
schools
Understand community concerns and answer questions
Review the options available to students
Capture community feedback on the recommendation for
Don Bosco which will be presented to the Board of Trustees
for their consideration
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Pupil Accommodation Process –
Tonight & Beyond 6
Initial staff report considered by trustees. Trustees make the decision to undertake an
accommodation review, and the report is shared with public.
Public Meetings (Minimum 1 meetings).
Community feedback is summarized and considered.
Interim Staff Report is considered by Trustees and
shared with the public in advance of board meeting.
Public delegations are heard by Trustees
Final Staff Report is considered by Trustees and shared with the
public in advance of board meeting. Trustees vote on final
recommendation.
Staff Recommended Solution
Committed to continuing the academic program for
our grade 12 students, allowing students to graduate
in June 2017
Consolidating grade 11 students in neighboring
Catholic schools for February 2017
Archbishop Romero, Chaminade, Michael Power/St.
Joseph, Father Henry Carr, Monsignor Percy Johnson,
St. Basil The Great
This will ensure that each student’s needs are served
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Staff Recommended Solution
Benefits for students:
Proactive exposure to a full breadth of course
options
Access to more programs and services
Deliberate sensitivity to transition (participation in
the course selection process in February 2017 for
the 2017-2018 academic year)
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Current Gr. 11 Pupil Distribution
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Question & Answer
Panel introduction
Adrian Della Mora, Superintendent of Schools
Area 1
Joe Martino, Trustee
Rory McGuckin, Associate Director of Education
– Academic Services
John Yan, Senior Coordinator Communications
Mario Silva, Comptroller Planning and
Development
Jessica Peake, Senior Manager Planning and
Assessment
Final comments
PAR Board website link:
https://www.tcdsb.org/Board/PlanningandFacilities/Pla
nningServices/SARC/Pages/default.aspx
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Modified Review Criteria
Three (3) or more of the following factors are present
Distance to the nearest available accommodation is 7 kilometers or less for
secondary schools involved in the review.
Utilization rate of all of the schools under review is equal to or below 50% for
secondary schools
The number of students enrolled is 500 or fewer for all secondary schools
involved in the review
When the Board is planning the relocation of a program (in any school year or
over a number of school years), in which the enrolment constitutes more than
or equal to fifty percent (50%) of the school’s enrolment (this calculation is
based on the enrolment at the time of the relocation, or the first phase of a
relocation carried over a number of school years)
There are no more than two (2) schools subject to the pupil accommodation
review process
The entire student population of the schools subject to a pupil accommodation
review process can be accommodated in another within 7 kilometers for
secondary schools
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