2024 Attendance Area Review

Earlier this year, the Board approved the recommendations that were presented as part of the concluding Long-Term Accommodation Plan (LTAP) report. The proposals within the LTAP are potential solutions to school accommodation issues and will be considered further through an open and transparent review process. This could include program development, capital submissions and attendance area and grade structure reviews. Each one of these processes is unique, and the latter two items require additional parent and community input prior to any changes being implemented.

 

What’s Changing? This year, the LTAP was updated in collaboration with Watson and Associates Economists Ltd. to reflect the most recent changes in our enrolment projections and address both immediate and long-term accommodation needs. One of the key recommendations from this update is to conduct an attendance area and grade structure review for Centre West Guelph, Guelph Township, and all secondary schools. The purpose of this review is to balance enrolment, optimize space and resources, and reduce surplus capacity in some schools while alleviating current or future pressures in others. As part of our attendance area review, a committee has been established with parent representatives from each school within the study areas. Alongside the work of this committee, we are reaching out to gather insights from our Central West Guelph and secondary school communities. Your input is invaluable, and we encourage you to participate by sharing your thoughts and feedback through the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/attendance-area-survey 

Schedule of Upcoming Committee Meetings

We will be holding two committee meetings for each attendance area review. The dates of those meetings have been determined as follows:

Secondary Attendance Area Review - Committee Meeting #1

Agenda
Presentation

πŸ—“οΈ Date: October 15, 2024
⏰ Time: 7:00 pm
🏒 Location: Catholic Education Centre
πŸ“ Address: 255 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, ON

Secondary Attendance Area Review - Committee Meeting #2

Presentation

πŸ—“οΈ Date: October 23, 2024
⏰ Time: 7:00 pm
🏒 Location: Catholic Education Centre
πŸ“ Address: 255 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, ON

Central West Guelph - Committee Meeting #1

Agenda
Presentation

πŸ—“οΈ Date: October 8, 2024
⏰ Time: 7:00 pm
🏒 Location: Catholic Education Centre
πŸ“ Address: 255 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, ON

Central West Guelph - Committee Meeting #2

Presentation

πŸ—“οΈ Date: October 22, 2024
⏰ Time: 7:00 pm
🏒 Location: Catholic Education Centre
πŸ“ Address: 255 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, ON

Once the committee work has been completed and presented to Executive Council, we will be having a public consultation for each review area to discuss the work of the committee and potential recommendations.

Central West Guelph and Guelph Township Boundary Review 
πŸ“… Date: November 26, 2024 
πŸ•– Time: 7:00 pm 
πŸ“ Location: To Be Determined 

Secondary Schools Attendance Area Review 
πŸ“… Date: November 27, 2024 
πŸ•– Time: 7:00 pm 
πŸ“ Location: To Be Determined 

 

Communication

Please see the following previously distributed letters pertaining to this process: