DIRECTOR’S ANNUAL ACCOMMODATION REPORT

1. DIRECTOR’S ANNUAL ACCOMMODATION REPORT February 18, 2014

2. PURPOSE SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT HOW? BY MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCIES TO ENSURE THE EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF STUDENT PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND RESOURCES ACROSS THE DISTRICT

3. CURENT INFRASTRUCTURE

4. SPACE UTILIZATION

5. RENEWAL

6. FUNDING THE FACILITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET REPRESENTS THE BOARD’S SECOND LARGEST BUDGET, CLASSROOM TEACHERS BEING THE LARGEST AT 36.8 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE 2013/14 SCHOOL YEAR, THIS BUDGET IS SUPPLEMENTED ABOVE THE FUNDING FORMULA FROM OTHER GSN BASED GRANTS IN ORDER TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE AS THE BOARD’S ACCUMULATED SURPLUS CONTINUES TO DECREASE, EFFICIENCIES IN PROGRAM DELIVERY AND INFRASTRUCTURE UTILIZATION ARE KEY FACTORS TO FUTURE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

7. STUDENT ENROLMENT Taken from 2011 Census Report

8. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

9. AGE DISTRIBUTION WINDSOR - CITY LAKESHORE - TOWN

10. ENROLMENT FORECAST

11. ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS

12. SECONDARY ANALYSIS

13. ACTIONS TO DATE Facility Services Energy Initiatives (15% reduction in energy use from previous year) Ontario Power Authority ‘FIT’ Program

14. INFRASTRUCTURE

15. FCI vs UTILIZATION RATES

18. BELLE RIVER FAMILY BOUNDRY CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE SEPT. 2014. (286 from LDS to BRPS and 65 from BRPS to CCPS) BRPS TO BECOME A DUAL TRACK FI SITE – RELIEF TO LDS BRDHS HAS DECLINING ENROLMENT, EXACERBATED BY THE OPENING OF TVA. FURTHER EVALUATION NECESSARY CENTENNIAL SERVES A SPECIFIC BUT LIMITED POPULATION. NEAR FUTURE VIABLE, BUT FURTHER EVALUATION NECESSARY

19. ESSEX FAMILY EXPERIENCING DECLINING ENROLMENT, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IS NOT MATERIALIZING PORTAPAK AT GOSFIELD NORTH CONTINUES TO AGE NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL UNDERWAY, WILL BE BUILT FOR 700 PUPILS WHICH IS LESS THAN THE CURRENT SPACES BUT REFLECTS THE PROJECTED ENROLMENT OVER 10 YEARS COLCHESTER NORTH CONTINUES TO DECLINE AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR FUTURE ACCOMMODATION STUDY

20. FORSTER FAMILY (FUTURE WFA) NEW BENSON/TAYLOR OPENING FOR SEPT. 2014 ENROLMENT DECLINE CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE WITHIN THIS FAMILY OF SCHOOLS AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, RISING RENEWAL COSTS AND LOW UTILIZATION AT MARLBOROUGH ARE A CONCERN AN WILL BE MONITORED FOR FUTURE ACCOMMODATION OPPORTUNITIES WESTVIEW FREEDOM ACADEMY COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL READY FOR SEPT. 2014

21. GENERAL AMHERST FAMILY ENROLMENT IS STRONG IN ONE SCHOOL BUT DECLINING IN OTHERS. DIFFICULT TO PREDICT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THE CO-TERMINOUS SCHOOL CLOSURE INITIALLY INCREASING, NOW DECLINING FROM THE ORIGINAL INFLUX INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING AND RENEWAL NEEDS ARE INCREASING SECONDARY SCHOOL IS EXPERIENCING ENROLMENT DECLINE AND MUST BE MONITORED FOR FUTURE ACCOMMODATION STUDY

22. HARROW FAMILY TRANSITION AND GRADE RE-STRUCTURING HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL RENOVATIONS TO BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY SECONDARY ENROLMENT WILL DECLINE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED

23. HERMAN FAMILY SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT IS PROJECTED TO DECLINE APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DEPENDENT UPON MINISTRY FUNDING AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE MINISTRY AT THIS POINT WITH RESPECT TO THE HERMAN FAMILY RENEWAL NEEDS AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE WITHIN THIS FAMILY SHOULD THE MINISTRY NOT APPROVE SUBMITTED BUSINESS CASES CONTINUED PERSUIT OF MINISTRY FUNDING OR AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS MAY BE NECESSARY

24. KENNEDY FAMILY AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND RISING RENEWAL COSTS CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN AT QUEEN VICTORIA. ENROLMENT DECLINE ONLY EXACERBATES THE SITUATION AND A FUTURE ACCOMMODATION REVIEW IS IMMINENT KENNEDY WILL EXPERIENCE DECLINING ENROLMENT OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS AND BEYOND. CURRENT DECLINE HAS BEEN BALANCED BY A HIGH OUT OF DISTRICT POPULATION OF STUDENTS A RECENT CHANGE FROM FULL YEAR TO A SEMESTERED TIMETABLE AT KENNEDY FOR SEPT. 2014 MAY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED ENROLMENT.

25. KINGSVILLE FAMILY AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FOR THE FIRST BUSINESS CASE SUBMITTED AS A RESULT OF PARC WHICH IS THE JK-12 NEWLY BUILT SCHOOL INCORPORATING ALL THE STUDENTS FROM JACK MINER, KINGSVILLE PS AND KINGSVILLE DHS THE RUTHVEN TRANSITION TO JACK MINER HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE NEAR 100% CAPACITY

26. LEAMINGTON FAMILY SITE LOCATION FOR NEW 1000 PUPIL SECONDARY SCHOOL NEARLY SECURED UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAJOR EMPLOYER IN THE TOWN ANNOUNCED ITS CLOSURE IN THE SUMMER OF 2014. CLOSE MONITORING IS NECESSARY GORE HILL CONITINUES TO SEE LOW ENROLMENT AS PROJECTED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS HAVE NOT AS YET MATERIALIZED MILL STREET, A ONCE FULL SCHOOL, OPERATES AT HALF CAPACITY, ALTHOUGH 230 OF THE SPACES ARE AN AGING PORTAPAK EAST MERSEA, A SMALL SCHOOL, SERVES A DISTINCT POPULATION DRAWING STUDENTS FROM THE L-K DSB

27. MASSEY FAMILY TWO AREAS OF GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS ARE SOUTH CAMERON AND WALKER GATES WHICH WILL INFLUENCE ENROLMENTS AT NORTHWOOD AND SOMEWHAT AT TALBOT TRAIL, WHICH HAS NEARLY REACHED ITS RESIDENT BUILD-OUTS CENTRAL CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE VERY LOW ENROLMENT AND GLENWOOD IS PROJECTED TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME DECLINE, EVEN WITH THE RECENT CONSOLIDATION OF THE OAKWOOD STUDENTS THAT INITIALLY BOOSTED ENROLMENT BASED ON A PREVIOUS TRUSTEE APPROVED MOTION, CENTRAL IS RECONSIDERED FOR CLOSURE IF UNDER 60% CAPACITY SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT IS PROJECTED TO DECLINE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS CHANGING FROM THE RECENT PATTERN OF INCREASING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS

28. RIVERSIDE FAMILY • AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND RISING RENEWAL COSTS ARE A CONCERN WITHIN THIS FAMILY. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUZUKI, ALL SCHOOLS HAVE A LOW UTILIZATION RATE AND HIGH FCI (EXCLUDING EASTWOOD FCI) • TWO GROWTH AREAS WITHIN CITY LIMITS, THE FOREST GLADE CORRIDOR AND THE LITTLE RIVER CORRIDOR WILL ASSIST IN ALLEVIATING DECLINING ENROLMENT • THE NEW FI PROGRAM COMMENCING IN SEPT. 2014 AT FOREST GLADE IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE UTILIZATION % • THE SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL EXPERIENCE ENROLMENT DECLINE LIKE MANY OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM

29. SANDWICH FAMILY • ENROLMENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE STRENGTH AND STABILITY WITHIN THIS FAMILY • THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTIONS SHOW CONTINUED GROWTH BUT MAYBE INFLATED BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION OF BELLEWOOD AND GILES CAMPUS TO THE FAMILY • A PATTERN OF TRANSITION WILL BE MORE ACCURATE AND DETERMINED OVER TIME • PRINCE ANDREW WILL BE MONITORED AS THE PORTAPAK CONTINUES TO AGE AND FUTURE DEVELEMENT AND GROWTH IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN WITHIN THE SCHOOL’S BOUNDARY

30. TECUMSEH FAMILY • RECENTLY APPROVED BOUNDARY CHANGES AND SCHOOL CLOSURE WILL IMPROVE UTILIZATION RATES AND EVENTUALLY ADDRESS CAPACITY ISSUES • SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE IN SEPT. 2014. AS A RESULT, THIS IS THE FIRST PRIORITY FOR MINISTRY FUNDING FOR AN ADDITION, TO WHICH WE AWAIT A DECISION • APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DM EAGLE PORTION WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON MINISTRY FUNDING

31. WALKERVILLE FAMILY • AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND RISING RENEWAL COSTS ARE A MAJOR CONCERN AT 3 OF THE 5 SCHOOLS WITHIN THIS FAMILY • ENROLMENT IS DECLINING BUT IS ALLEVIATED BY A LARGE ‘OUT OF DISTRICT’ POPULATION AT BOTH K. EDWARD AND BEATON • THE SECONDARY SCHOOL IS NOT PROJECTED TO EXPERIENCE ANY SIGNIFICANT DECLINE ONLY BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL ENROLMENT FROM THE STUDENTS ATTENDING THE CREATIVE ARTS PROGRAM. • FURTHER TO POINT #1, ENROLMENT DECLINE AT P. EDWARD ONLY EXACERBATES THE SITUATION AND A FUTURE ACCOMMODATION REVIEW MAY BE NECESSARY

32. VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS • IT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO CONSOLIDATE TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO A COMMUNITY SCHOOL ON THE CENTURY SITE COMMENCING SEPT. 2014. THE SCHOOL WILL BE WESTVIEW FREEDON ACADEMY • ENROLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE AS MORE PROGRAMMING IS OFFERED IN OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS • ALONG WITH THE INCREASING FCI,THE MODEL OF DELIVERY WILL CONITNUE TO BE MONITORED FOR FUTURE ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS

33. RECOMMENDATIONS • THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOMMODATIONS CONDUCT A BOARD-WIDE REVIEW OF ALL GECDSB SCHOOLS CONSIDERING DECLINING ENROLMENT AND INCREASING RENEWAL NEEDS. • THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOMMODATIONS INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF OPEN VERSUS CLOSED BOUNDARIES ON CAPACITY ISSUES IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF THE GECDSB.