REPORT TO
CORPORATE AFFAIRS, STRATEGIC
PLANNING AND PROPERTY
COMMITTEE
OUR LADY OF SORROWS BOUNDARY REVIEW
UPDATE
“For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:13
Created, Draft
First Tabling
Review
February 2, 2015
February 12, 2015
J. Volek, Sr. Coordinator, Planning, Accountability, Admissions
D. Yack, Superintendent of Education
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Associate Director of Academic Affairs
A. Sangiorgio
Associate Director of Planning and
Facilities
Angela Gauthier
Director of Education
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A.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On January 22, 2015, the Board approved the inclusion of Our Lady of Sorrows
in a School Accommodation Review with Holy Angels, St. Leo, St. Louis, and
St. Mark in order to help balance enrolment in the area. This will also eliminate
the need for a separate boundary review process involving these same schools. A
comprehensive boundary review will therefore run in parallel with the School
Accommodation Review process.
The Our Lady of Sorrows School Community has requested that additional
schools be considered as part of the boundary review. These additional schools
are: All Saints, Father Serra, Our Lady of Peace, St. Gregory, and St. James.
Over the long-term, the School Accommodation Review and boundary review,
along with capital construction, will help to alleviate enrolment pressures in
central Etobicoke, including oversubscription at Our Lady of Sorrows.
This report recommends that the following schools not be added to the School
Accommodation Review cluster in central Etobicoke approved by the Board of
Trustees on January 22, 2015:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
B.
All Saints
Father Serra
Our Lady of Peace
St. Gregory
St. James
PURPOSE
In response to a request from a delegation at the November 22, 2014 Board
meeting, the Board of Trustees approved the following:
“A report to come back to the January 2015 Corporate Affairs on additional
schools to the boundary review in addition to the schools already added.”
C.
BACKGROUND
1.
On January 23, 2014, the Board of Trustees approved the report: Attendance
Boundary Review: All Saints, Father Serra, and St. Eugene. Fixed
attendance boundaries for all three schools were approved for
implementation in 2014-2015 school year.
2.
Arising from a Trustee matter regarding new elementary and secondary
school sites in Etobicoke at the meeting of Corporate Affairs, Strategic
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Planning and Property Committee on June 5, 2014, the following was
approved:
“Staff (1) undertake an immediate search for suitable properties to
address the present and future admission challenges in Central
Etobicoke. These sites should be geographically located to balance
the distance between schools and not leave dead zone areas, and (2)
undertake a boundary review, to be commenced immediately, to
balance enrolment in all schools in Central Etobicoke.”
3.
On August 21, 2014, the Board approved the report: Attendance Boundary
Review Priority Ranking 2014. The following recommendation was
approved:
a) “The initiation of the top three attendance boundary reviews be
approved:
i. St. Paschal Baylon, St. Antoine Daniel, St. Cyril
ii. Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Mark, Holy Angels, St. Louis
iii. St. Martin de Porres, St. Malachy, St. Brendan
b) That trustees be consulted on the groupings in their areas.”
4.
On January 22, 2015, the Board approved the report: School Accommodation
Review Priority Ranking, and it recommends the following:
“That the following School Accommodation Reviews be conducted in
accordance with School Accommodation Review Policy (S.09):
Completion Cycle 1:
a) Trustee Davis: Senhor Santo Cristo, St. Luke
b) Trustee Davis: St. Bruno, St. Raymond
c) Trustee Andrachuk: Holy Angels, Our Lady of Sorrows, St.
Leo, St. Louis, St. Mark”
D.
EVIDENCE/RESEARCH/ANALYSIS
5.
The Our Lady of Sorrows school community has requested that additional
schools be added to a boundary review, these are:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
All Saints
Father Serra
Our Lady of Peace
St. Gregory
St. James
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6.
According to Regulation 17 of the TCDSB Elementary School Attendance
Boundary Policy (S.A.03), boundaries must take the following into account:
“a) Boundaries must be designed to follow logical and easily identifiable
routes and/or physical landforms where possible, such as major
roads, rail-lines, watercourses, parklands, ravines, and established
political boundaries.
b)
Boundaries must be constructed in such a fashion that schools
affected by the imposition of a nearby boundary benefit to the fullest
extent possible, both in terms of maximizing student enrolment and
utilization of available classroom space.
c) Program offerings (e.g. French Immersion, Gifted, etc.) must be taken
into consideration when developing boundaries, and as such, there
could be more than one boundary associated with any given school(s)
under review.”
7.
Criteria used by staff to identify schools to be included in a boundary review
include the identification of areas of enrolment pressure or capacity
deficiency that can be alleviated through implementation of a fixed
attendance boundary.
8.
The enrolment and utilization of schools currently approved for a School
Accommodation Review are as follows:
School
Holy Angels
Our Lady of Sorrows
St. Leo
St. Louis
St. Mark
Totals
9.
Capacity Enrolment
(pupil
(October
places)
2014)
372
411
568
786
459
251
358
215
266
211
2023
1874
Projected
Enrolment
(2016-17)
398
765
253
181
277
1874
Projected
Utilization
(2016-17)
107%
135%
55%
51%
104%
93%
Options that may be considered in this School Accommodation Review
include the following:
a) Students from St. Louis may be consolidated at St. Leo in an
expanded and/or replacement building, subject to funding being
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provided by the Ministry of Education. Some students may be
redistributed to St. Mark based on home address.
b) All schools remain open, plus new program considerations at St. Leo
and St. Louis.
c) There is also the potential to submit a capital funding request to the
Ministry of Education for an expanded and/or fully rebuilt Holy
Angels to accommodate additional students and relieve pressure in the
area. This site has been recently expanded by purchasing the adjacent
industrial property, with funding from EDCs to address the growth of
student enrolment from residential development within this
community.
10.
The inclusion of Our Lady of Sorrows in a boundary review is required to
help alleviate enrolment pressures. Boundaries are intended to have a “rightsizing” effect on schools over time by helping to balance enrolment and
make more efficient use of available space. Enrolment pressures at Our
Lady of Sorrows has been exacerbated by the introduction of the Full Day
Kindergarten program (FDK) and the resulting need for additional teaching
spaces. According to the Building Code, the maximum number of students
is 792 for the current number of washroom fixtures at the school.
11.
Currently, Our Lady of Sorrows has 5 FDK classes. Reducing FDK classes
to 4, as planned, will help to gradually lower enrolment to approximately
600 and reduce the number of portables on site.
12.
Capital additions and retrofits to accommodate FDK, as well as the change
in classroom loading from 20 to 26 pupil places for FDK classes, have
increased the capacity of all schools in Etobicoke. There has been an overall
increase of 504 pupil places for the 2014-2015 school year. With the
opening of The Holy Trinity, the completion of additions at Our Lady of
Peace, St. Clement, and St. Eugene, and the reduction of capacity from the
sale of Christ the King in the next few years, the overall capacity increase
will be 1272 pupil places.
13.
There are a large number of active and projected development applications
in the Etobicoke area that will generate additional new students, and further
the need for School Accommodation Reviews. In Review areas CE01 and
CE02, covering central and south Etobicoke, the following additional
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students are projected. Schools included in Review areas CE01 and CE02
are illustrated in Appendix “A”.
CE01 & CE02
Development Summary
Units by Completion Year
Elementary Projection
Secondary Projection
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total
3816 6175 3954 2989 2082
122 172 104
95
57
128 169 109
88
56
197
23
14
19213
572
564
Note: development projections are subject to change.
14.
The TCDSB is eligible for Education Development Charges (EDC)
generated funding to purchase 6.9 acres of land in CE01 (south Etobicoke)
and 5.75 acres of land in CE02 (central Etobicoke) for growth related
purposes.
15.
The purchase of additional and/or expanded school sites would facilitate the
construction of additions or new schools, thereby increasing student capacity
in the area to accommodate students. In the long-term, additional capacity
acquired through the construction of new schools and additions to existing
TCDSB facilities (totalling approximately 1,166 pupil places) would help
meet the accommodation needs of central Etobicoke as shown below:
201415
OTG
201718
OTG
All Saints
Christ the King
Father Serra
Holy Angels
Josyf Cardinal
Slipyj
677
323
536
372
677
Mother Cabrini
Name
Nativity of Our
Lord
Our Lady of
Peace
Our Lady of
Sorrows
2014 –
2014-15
Oct 31
Utilization
Trillium
2017-18
2017-18
Enrolment Utilization
130%
81%
87%
110%
858
127%
536
372
879
262
468
410
482
398
90%
107%
562
562
587
104%
627
112%
219
219
180
82%
184
84%
541
541
424
78%
400
74%
521
596
628
121%
605
102%
542
568
786
145%
765
135%
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Name
St. Ambrose
St. Demetrius
St. Elizabeth
St. Eugene
St. Gregory
St. Leo
St. Louis *
St. Marcellus
St. Mark
St. Maurice
St. Teresa
St. Josaphat **
The Holy Trinity
Transfiguration
New Etobicoke
pupil places ***
201415
OTG
201718
OTG
438
245
208
196
580
459
358
407
266
419
291
438
245
208
478
580
459
353
407
266
419
291
536
353
***
323
228
226
288
698
250
215
394
211
309
225
74%
93%
109%
147%
120%
54%
60%
97%
79%
74%
77%
310
248
191
268
639
434
71%
101%
92%
56%
110%
95%
400
277
283
98%
104%
68%
62%
92%
103%
85%
375
106%
179
496
365
8,797
100%
8,878
1,166
Totals: 8,827 10,398
*
**
2014 –
2014-15
2017-18
2017-18
Oct 31
Utilization Enrolment Utilization
Trillium
Assumes the closure of St. Louis and the transfer of students to St. Leo.
Assumes the transfer of St. Josaphat students to former St. Teresa facility after the
opening of The Holy Trinity.
Sourced from the EDC Background Study approved March 25, 2013.
16.
The Toronto District School Board recently released a list of schools that
may be part of upcoming School Accommodation Reviews. TCDSB staff
are currently reviewing potential purchasing opportunities that may exist
after the completion of those reviews. This also has the potential to increase
student capacity to accommodate the needs of present and future students.
17.
The following is an assessment of the additional schools that the Our Lady
of Sorrows community has requested be added to the boundary review:
a) All Saints/Father Serra: These school communities were part of an
attendance boundary review completed in January of 2014. This
review was triggered by a need to reduce oversubscription at All
Saints and reduce the number of portables. The approved boundary
changes and the construction of a large addition at St. Eugene will
help to balance enrolment in the area.
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School
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Utilization
All Saints 138% 135% 133% 132% 133% 129% 128%
Father
91% 92% 90% 91% 93% 92% 93%
Serra
St Eugene
(addition
146% 151% 163% 65% 71% 76% 80%
in 2017)
b) St. Gregory: The August 2014 report: Elementary School Attendance
Boundary Review Priority Ranking 2014 identified St. Gregory as a
school with enrolment pressures, and it will be included in the next
round of boundary review with the adjacent schools Nativity of Our
Lord, Mother Cabrini, and St. Marcellus.
School
Identified
with
Pressures
St. Gregory
Adjacent
Schools
Nativity of
Our Lord
Mother
Cabrini
St. Marcellus
Cluster
OTG
Cluster
Pupil
Count
Cluster
Utilization
1755
1623
92%
c) St. James: This school community is located east of the Humber
River, which forms the natural boundary between the two school
communities, St. James and Our Lady of Sorrows.
d) Our Lady of Peace: This school has a large, successful French
Immersion program which is contributing to significant enrolment
pressures. There are currently 628 students and a facility utilization
rate of approximately 120%. Implementation of French Immersion
program attendance boundaries is currently being considered and
assessed by staff, and will be the subject of a separate study.
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18.
A Boundary Review Committee (BRC) consisting of the five schools
approved on January 22, 2015 (Our Lady of Sorrows, Holy Angels, St. Leo,
St. Louis, St. Mark), plus the five additional recommended schools (All
Saints, Father Serra, Our Lady of Peace, St. Gregory, St. James), would
require a minimum of 64 members:








3 Trustees
3 Superintendents
10 Principals
10 Parent Representatives
10 CSAC Chairs
10 Student Representatives
8 Pastor or Parish Representatives
10 Community Reps
Although the minimum number of meetings required under the Board’s
Boundary Review policy is two, a BRC of this size, representing a variety of
differing school communities, would require many more meetings to
adequately review data, explore options, and form consensus
recommendations. This process could take many additional months and
delay actions currently required to accommodate students at Our Lady of
Sorrows in a timely fashion.
19.
The School Accommodation Review process will take several months to
complete, and any resulting actions could require additional time to reduce
enrolment at Our Lady of Sorrows. The construction of new schools and
additions will take several years to complete. During the short-term, it may
be necessary to redirect some new students to neighbouring schools. As
there are accommodation pressures in the wider area, staff are investigating
the feasibility of additional portables to be placed at larger school sites as
follows:
School
Holy Angels
St. Gregory
St. Louis
St. Mark
Our Lady of
Peace
Additional Portables
1
2 to 3
1 to 2
0
Current portables to be
removed after construction,
but some could remain if
necessary.
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Comment
School has capacity.
Access issues on site.
Would compromise play
area and parking lot.
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20.
The area of central Etobicoke has been approved for a boundary review and
a School Accommodation Review. These approved reviews, in addition to
proposed capital construction, will help to “right-size” all the schools in the
area, including Our Lady of Sorrows in the shortest time possible. For this
reason, staff do not recommend the addition of All Saints, Father Serra, Our
Lady of Peace, St. Gregory, and St. James to the approved School
Accommodation Review cluster.
E.
RECOMMENDATION:
This report recommends that the following schools not be added to the School
Accommodation Review cluster in central Etobicoke approved by the Board of
Trustees on January 22, 2015:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
All Saints
Father Serra
Our Lady of Peace
St. Gregory
St. James
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BART
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School Accommodation Review Clusters in EDC Review Areas CE01 & CE02
BELFIELD RD
409
HWY
CE03
CE06
St. Maurice
2014 ENR: 310
2014 OTG: 419
2014 UTL: 74%
HIGHWAY 27 S
Transfiguration
2014 ENR: 375
2014 OTG: 353
2014 UTL: 106%
2014 ENR: 0
2014 OTG: 278
2014 UTL: 0%
2014 ENR: 468
2014 OTG: 536
2014 UTL: 87%
2014 ENR: 451
2014 OTG: 561
2014 UTL: 80%
2014 ENR: 879
2014 OTG: 677
2014 UTL: 130%
St. Demetrius
CE02
Our Lady of Victory
2014 ENR: 638
2014 OTG: 684
2014 UTL: 93%
Santa Maria
CE05
St. Gregory
2014 ENR: 698
2014 OTG: 580
2014 UTL: 120%
2014 ENR: 424
2014 OTG: 541
2014 UTL: 78%
2014 UTL: 93%
Immaculate Conception
All Saints
2014 ENR: 228
2014 OTG: 245
2014 UTL: 93%
Nativity of Our Lord
2014 ENR: 507
2014 OTG:
LAWRENCE
AVE 548
W
2014 ENR: 676
2014 OTG: 681
2014 UTL: 99%
Mother Cabrini
2014 ENR: 587
2014 OTG: 562
2014 UTL: 104%
St. Francis Xavier
St. Bernard
2014 ENR: 288
2014 OTG: 196
2014 UTL: 147%
St. Marcellus Father Serra
Josyf Cardinal Slipyj
CE08
St. John the Evangelist
THE WESTWAY
2014 ENR: 180
2014 OTG: 219
2014 UTL: 82%
St. Fidelis
2014 ENR: 592
2014 OTG: 381
2014 UTL: 155%
St. Eugene
2014 ENR: 394
2014 OTG: 407
2014 UTL: 97%
WILSON AVE
2014 ENR: 240
2014 OTG: 280
2014 UTL: 86%
St. Matthew
2014 ENR: 586
2014 OTG: 504
2014 UTL: 116%
St. James
THE WEST MALL
2014 ENR: 786
2014 OTG: 542
2014 UTL: 145%
St. Pius X
St. Elizabeth
St. Clement
2014 ENR: 489
2014 OTG: 449
2014 UTL: 109%
St. Cecilia
2014 ENR: 617
2014 OTG: 628
2014 UTL: 98%
H KIN
2014 ENR: 323
2014 OTG: 438
2014 UTL: 74%
BROWNS LINE
St. Ambrose
EVANS AVE
Christ The King
St. Josaphat (temp)
2014 ENR: 164
2014 OTG: 279
2014 UTL: 59%
2014 ENR: 262
2014 OTG: 323
2014 UTL: 81%
St. Luigi
2014 ENR: 194
2014 OTG: 424
2014 UTL: 46%
2014 ENR: 211
2014 OTG: 266
2014 UTL: 79%
2014 ENR: 328
2014 OTG: 544
2014 UTL: 60%
St. Louis
2014 ENR: 215
2014 OTG: 358
2014 UTL: 60%
CE01
±
St. Leo
HORNER AVE
The
Holy
Trinity
St. Mark
2014 ENR: 362
2014 OTG: 368
2014 UTL: 98%
St. Vincent De Paul
AY
GSW
2014 ENR: 411
2014 OTG: 372
2014 UTL: 110%
St. John th
PARKSIDE DR
T
SOU
Holy Angels
QEW
2014 ENR: 109
2014 OTG: 421
2014 UTL: 26%
CE04
2014 ENR: 226
2014 OTG: 208
2014 UTL: 109%
2014 ENR: 432
2014 OTG: 314
2014 UTL: 138%
St. Rita
2014 ENR: 431
2014 OTG: 619
2014 UTL: 70%
Our Lady of Sorrows
2014 ENR: 656
2014 OTG: 656
2014 UTL: 100%
2014 ENR: 361
2014 OTG: 400
2014 UTL: 90%
James Culnan
2014 ENR: 628
2014 OTG: 521
2014 UTL: 121%
St. Nicholas of Bar
Blessed Pope Paul VI
2014 ENR: 226
2014 OTG: 328
2014 UTL: 69%
Our Lady of Peace
CALEDONIA
RD
LV
D
2014 ENR: 251
2014 OTG: 459
2014 UTL: 55%
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St. Teresa
2014 ENR: 225
2014 OTG: 291
2014 UTL: 77%
Future School Location
Temporary Locations/Under Construction
Closed Elementary School
Admin Building
Elementary School
Adult Education
Elementary Review Areas
Streets
SARC Cluster
TCDSB Planning Services
February 2015
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Industrial Land/Park Land
3 - Holy Angels, Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Leo, St. Louis, St.
Mark
8 Km
Appendix "A"
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