Peel District • School Board ...._,

January 10, 2017

TO: Janet McDougald

RE: Regular Meeting of the Board - Agenda Updates

REGRETS:

REGRETS FOR LATE ARRIVAL:

ADDITIONS/CHANGES TO THE AGENDA:

7.3 Withdrawn - Request to delegate: Helen Baa re Pupil Accommodation Review of Gordon Graydon, Glenforest, T.L. Kennedy, The Woodlands and Lome Park Secondary Schools

7.3 Late Request to delegate: Lalita Simaik re Pupil Accommodation Review of Gordon Graydon, Glenforest, T.L. Kennedy, The Woodlands and Lome Park Secondary Schools

7.4 Late Request to delegate: Gayathri lyer Religious Accommodation Operating Procedure

7.5 Late Request to delegate: Zoya Alam re Religious Accommodation Operating Procedure

7.6 Late Request to delegate: Eric Brazau re Cultural and Religious Diversity in a multicultural Canada

7.7 Late Request to delegate: Ron Banerj re Religious Prayer

8.2 REVISED - Response to delegation regarding boundary changes at SouthFields Village Public School

9.3 Recommendations of the Physical Planning and Building Committee, January 9, 2017

Peel District School Board REVISED8.2 Regular Meeting of the Board January 10, 2017

Response to Delegation regarding boundary changes at SouthFields Village Public School

Recommendation:

It is recommended that the response be received.

Background:

At the Regular Meeting of the Board held on December 12, 2016, Alka Munjal delegated the Board regarding boundary changes at SouthFields Village Public School. The attached letter will be sent in response to the delegation.

Submitted by:

Janet McDougald Chair

Trustees

January 10, 2017

Alka Munjal 3 Enoch Street Caledon, ON L7C 3S8

Dear Alka Munjal:

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5650 Hurontario Street Mississauga, ON, Canada L5R 1 C6 I 905.890.1010 1.800.668.1146 f 905.890.6747 www.peelschools.org

Thank you for delegating the Board on Monday, December 12, 2016, to express your concerns regarding the impact of the boundary change at SouthFields Village Public School, effective September, 2017.

Our records indicate that your family resides within the new approved boundary for SouthFields Village #2 Public School. We understand that your eldest daughter (Grade 8) and your twin daughters currently attend SouthFields Village Public School (one in the Grade 4 French Immersion Program; the second in the Grade 4 Regular Program). We acknowledge your key request that both of your twin daughters be permitted to remain at SouthFields Village Public School for their elementary school years.

Effective September 2017, your eldest daughter would be directed to Mayfield Secondary School for Grade 9. Your twin daughter currently in the French Immersion Program would have the option of attending Grade 5 at: (i) SouthFields Village Public School, French Immersion Program; (ii) SouthFields Village #2 Public School, Balanced Calendar/Regular Program (accommodated at Countryside Villages Public School until the new school is constructed); (iii) James Grieve Public School, Regular Program (nearby Mayfield Secondary School). Your second twin daughter currently in SouthFields Village Public School, Regular Program would have the option of attending: (i) SouthFields Village #2 Public School, Balanced Calendar/Regular Program or (ii) James Grieve Public School, Regular Program.

The options outlined above would permit your twin daughters to remain together for their elementary school years at either SouthFields Village #2 Public School, Balanced Calendar/ Regular Program or James Grieve Public School, Regular Program. Our records indicate there are nine (9) students currently enrolled in the French Immersion Program with siblings in the Regular Program being directed to either SouthFields Village #2 - Balanced Calendar or James Grieve Public School. This figure does not include new families that would move into the boundary area in future. We cannot offer a third option which would allow your second twin daughter enrolled in the Regular Program to remain at SouthFields Village Public School because we do not have space to accommodate your request along with the probability of many others.

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Janet McDougald, Chair Suzanne Nurse, Vice-Chair Carrie Andrews

David Green Sue Lawton Brad MacDonald Kathy McDonald Harkirat Singh Rick Williams

Director of Education and Secretary Tony Pontes

Assoclata Director, Instructional Support Servlcas Scott Moreash

Associate Director, Operational Support Services Jaspal Gill

Stan Cameron Robert Crocker Nokha Dakroub

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If the Board were to grant your request, in the interests of fairness and equity, families in a similar situation in other schools would also have to be offered the same option (including the families of 154 French Immersion students at one of our other elementary schools having siblings attending a different elementary school for Regular Program).

The Board of Trustees appreciates the parental challenge involved with the transportation and attendance of children at three different schools. In your case, we are able to offer two Regular Program school alternatives which would permit your twin daughters to remain together for their elementary school years. Unfortunately, neither one of the elementary school alternatives presently offers a French Immersion Program.

Once again, thank you for your delegation.

Sincerely,

Janet McDougald Chair

THE PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD 9.3

Regular Meeting of the Board January 10, 2017

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PHYSICAL PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE

At a meeting of the Physical Planning and Building Committee, held January 9, 2017, there were no recommendations to the Board.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY

1. Reports /Information Received

The Committee received the following reports I information: STOPR- Student Transportation of Peel Region Governance Committee Minutes, September 23, 2016; Application Status Update; Tender Activity Report- October 27, 2016 to December 14, 2016; Vandalism Reports -August, September and October 2016 and Year End Summary.

Prepared by:

Lorelei Fernandes Board Reporter

Submitted by:

Randy Wright Controller, Planning and Accommodation Support Services