The Collingwood Elementary Attendance Area Review (AAR-C), and the new Essa Secondary Attendance Area Review (AAR-E), were passed at the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) March 24, 2010 Board meeting. I want to thank all the people who shared their thoughts and viewpoints with respect to both reviews. Tough choices had to be made [...]
Schools and Potential Partnership Opportunities
March 25, 2010
School boards finding potential partners to build and share infrastructure, is a key piece in the process of refurbishing, maintaining and building new secondary schools. In February 2010, the Ontario Ministry of Education issued the Facility Partnership Guidelines. These guidelines require school boards to actively go forward to pursue new connections. An example within the [...]
Comments on AAR Recommendation Collingwood
March 11, 2010
“In the end the staff recommendation moves 95 students. The number of bused students remains the same as current levels, and the recommendation importantly does not increase these numbers, and has the potential long term to decrease them.
New ARC Policy
March 9, 2010
The Accommodation Review Committee Guidelines were revised by the Ontario Ministry of Education in June 2009. Changes in the guidelines were required to be reflected in revised policy by March 31, 2010. The policy under review can be found on the SCDSB web site ( link ). The revised document will be coming to the [...]
AAR Essa Recommendations
March 9, 2010
The Attendance Area Review recommendations for the new Essa Secondary Schoo are under discussion March 09th. The report can be found on the Board website ( link). Reports (PDF)
Facility Meeting Mar.3, 2010 – Delegation AAR Collingwood
March 4, 2010
It was suggested that the Georgian Meadows student body be moved to Admiral Collingwood P.S. and as such further reduce the student numbers at Mountain View.
