Welcome

Thank you for attending our second Public Open House for the renewal of John Oliver Secondary SchoolThe Vancouver School Board (VSB) is undertaking public consultation for the renewal of John Oliver Secondary and is seeking your input and feedback. Thank you to those who attended our first open house held in February and provided comments.

The purpose of this second open house is to:

We look forward to your comments and feedback

Provide a summary of our first open house;

Share the school community’s and neighbour-hood's ideas for the future of John Oliver;

Share our progress on the seismic concepts for the school; and

Create an opportunity for you to ask questions of our team?

Vancouver School BoardDirector of Facilities: Jim Meschino

Principal: Tim McGreer

Henriquez Partners ArchitectsArchitect

Brook Pooni AssociatesPlanning and Public Consultation

Project Team

The Vancouver School Board has assembled a qualified team to assist with the school renewal and seismic safety process.

The Vancouver School Board has retained Henriquez Partners Architects for urban design concept development and Brook Pooni Associates for assistance in the public consultation process.

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What is a Seismic Project?

John Oliver Secondary is one of the schools that the VSB will be renewing. We are taking steps to ensure our older schools have improved earthquake safety.

John Oliver Secondary is one of the Vancouver schools included in the Provincial Seismic Mitigation Program. Ensuring the safety of our students, staff and everyone who comes into our schools is paramount. Seismic projects make buildings safer in the event of an earthquake.

Each seismic project will be slightly different since each school building brings with it its own challenges. Sometimes a seismic project also presents an opportunity to revitalize a school building to provide the best possible education environment for our students.

The Vancouver School Board is considering the school site and the potential it has to offer. Each school and its surrounding site area have unique challenges and opportunities. Fulfilling the potential of each school requires an innovative approach to its seismic project that fully considers all the opportunities each property has to offer.

Some development on the current school property may be a possibility in conjunction with a renewed school building.

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consultation process to consider the school community’s and the neighbourhood’s ideas on the renewal of the school. This second Open House is another step in this process. VSB welcomes feedback and ideas.

Vancouver School Board staff would like your input in this phase of the seismic project – project definition – as we consider options for the renewal of the school. These options will form the basis of

staff’s project definition report which will be considered by the Vancouver School Board who will decide on the preferred option.

VSB staff is undertaking a comprehensive public

Consultation TimelineThe Vancouver School Board has embarked on a public consultation process to consider the school community’s and neighbourhood's ideas on the renewal of this school.

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Where are we in the process?

Initial VSB Project Team Meetings Vancouver School Board staff held initial meetings to discuss the John Oliver Secondary School site and options for the renewal of the school.

Open House #1

Open House #2

The first Open House provided information on the seismic planning process, and asked for your input on the school site’s opportunities.

VSB continued to engage school staff, students, parents and neighbourhood groups.

School Community & Neighbourhood Meetings

Project Team AnalysisThe second Open

House shares a summary of the feedback collected to date, seismic project concepts, and next steps. Feedback will again be reported to the VSB project team.

Following the second Open House, feedback will be used as:• specific seismic concepts (e.g. upgraded or replacement school building) are analyzed and costed; and• the impact of any other potential uses of the school site is examined.

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As part of our ongoing consultation process we asked some of the

Open House attendees to join staff and parents at a focus group

event to discuss the project in more detail

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Confirmation of the academic plan and educational vision for a

new school.

FOCUS GROUP

The event consisted of presentations and small group working sessions.

Information provided to attendees included an overview of the process,

details about the school’s educational vision and an update on the design

for a new school. The event was attended by 4 staff members, 6 parents

and 14 neighbours.

Urban Design

A building that will be the home for a 21st Century education.

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Essential components of a new Junior School Master Plan that is

sensitive to the community over the short-term and long-term.

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The focus group discussed the following topics related to the

Master Plan. It was determined that traffic and parking will

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A History

John Oliver Secondary has grown and evolved over time, along with the diverse South Vancouver community.

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John Oliver Secondary is located in the multi-ethnic community of South Hill. From the first settlers that moved to the area for the rich farmland along the Fraser River starting in the mid 1900s to the growth of the Indo-Canadian community, South Hill has been attractive to many groups through the decades.

South Vancouver High School is established in 1912 due to the growth in the local school population.

In the 1920's many Van- couver communities grow due to increase in trade and industry.

In 1921, the school moves to its present site and is named after the Honourable John Oliver, then Premier of the Province. It consists of twelve classrooms and an auditorium.

Two years later in 1923 a four-room addition is added.

The school expands once more by adding eight classrooms in a second unit in 1926.

In 1929, the District of South Vancouver amalgamates with Vancouver.

Over recent decades residents of Chinese and Indian heritage have increasingly moved to Sunset and the community reflects this multi-cultural make-up.

Punjabi has now become the most commonly spoken first language in Sunset, with 26% of the population (2006 Census). Chinese, at 21% of the population is third after English at 24%. Vietnamese and Tagalog are also commonly spoken as first languages in Sunset.

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The post-war years bring to Vancouver new immigrants, many of them settling in South Vancouver.

Two new buildings are built between 1950 and 1954.

Guiding PrinciplesThe Vancouver School Board Project Team has developed principles that will guide the renewal of John Oliver Secondary.

• Create a seismically safe school to protect the well being of its occupants

• Site the school to make a sensitive connection to its neighbourhood

• Minimize traffic impact on neighbours

• Minimize connection to the cemetery

• Contribute to the revitalization and renewal of the surrounding community by creating actual and programmatic connections

• Recognize and celebrate the long rich history of the school, preserving heritage elements where possible

• Continue to accommodate a pre-school for connection to the community

• Promote digital immersion programs within a humanizing environment

• Create opportunities for student apprenticeships and internships

• Support partnerships and cooperative education

• Create small learning communities

• Create flexible and adaptable spaces to allow for multiple learning and teaching styles now and in the future

• Promote a strong connection between inside and the outdoors

• Promote professional collaboration by providing space for educators to share knowledge and practice with each other and other professionals, with sight lines to classroom areas

• Create a safe and healthy environment to work and learn that will incorporate sustainable design strategies

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Education in the 21st CenturyAs part of our commitment to students and their learning environment, a renewed and safe school building will support the highest quality of learning and teaching.

The Vancouver School Board is committed to designing schools with maximum flexibility for teaching and learning today and for the future.

• Incorporating maximum flexibility and adaptability

in the design for today and the future

• Creating a sustainable environment that is energy

and resource efficient and a healthy place to learn,

play and teach

• Creating School Community connections through

design and programming

• Establishing connections between the school and

the wider community

• Providing professional support to educators through

access to resources and the school community,

encouraging sharing of knowledge

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The 21st Century school has a variety of spaces and flexible layouts allowing for multiple modes of learning.

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Open House #1 Feedback Summary

Thank you to those who attended our first Open House and shared their thoughts with us.

In February 2014, Vancouver School Board staff hosted a public open house to discuss the renewal of John Oliver Secondary.

The purpose of the Open House was to introduce the project team, provide information about the seismic project, discuss opportunities for the school property, and collect your ideas and feedback.

What we heard:

• A holistic approach that considers the school and what it currently offers, what students need, and the community

• Positive responses to the multi-use school site concept

• Focus on community uses integrated with the school

• Keep or add a new auditorium that could be used by the school and community groups

• Questions about the historic buildings on the property

School Community & Neighbourhood Feedback

John Oliver Secondary is a historic landmark and the opportunities associated with the school’s renewal are important to the school community and people in the neighbourhood.

• John Oliver Secondary is an important institution of South Vancouver

• The neighbourhood is invested in the future of John Oliver; ensure that the community is aware of the open houses

• All options to make John Oliver into the best possible school should be explored

• Consider options that allow for the retention of the auditorium

• Consider future uses for the Barn building

• Consider the addition of a programmable community space on the property to allow uses by community groups

• Renew the school to allow for future densification in the area

• Consider adding gardening areas to the commercially zoned area on the property

• Provide more detail about the allowable height on the commercially zoned area

What we heard:

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• The building becomes a second neighbourhood hub through other uses

• Infrastructure such as parking gets additional utility

• Possibility of shared construction and operating partnerships

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• Sharing a common vision

• Partnership agreements can be complicated

• Individual security requirements

• Individual budgets and space requirements

The Vancouver School Board is considering the concept of a multi-use school site to renew the school and to serve the whole community.

What is a multi-use school site?A multi-use school site creates a partnership between the school and other user(s), encouraging shared spaces and/or facilities. School spaces that traditionally have weekday daytime users can be utilized more frequently. Infrastructure to serve the school therefore becomes a shared asset that serves more than just the school.

Site Zoning

Part of the site along Fraser Street is already zoned for commercial uses.

Any opportunities for community or other uses would likely be best located along this major retail street.

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Allowable capacity of 1,000 students. (Approximately equal to current enrolment)

Ministry area standards set the allowable school size at 110,000 sf.

The current school size is 250,000 sf.

Preliminary Concepts

Seismic Reduced Capacity Concept Reduce the current school and upgrade it

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• Reduction in size of school.

• Keep 'Barn' heritage building.

• Keep existing Gym and Mechanical Services space.

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• Renovate Industrial Education building to keep connection to the Barn.

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Hybrid Concept Upgrade part of the school and replace part with a new addition.

Provides an internal connection to the retained building and a stronger connection to the Barn.

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• Keep existing school in operation such that no temporary facilities or transferring of students is required.

• Define area for a temporary playing field.

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• Remaining area left to place new school.• Establish connections to the surrounding community.

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Replacement School - Possible Siting • School location addresses Fraser Street but maintains

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• Plaza defines entry from Fraser Street.

• Barn building maintained.

• Opportunity for auditorium building to be integrated into school layout, if additional funding is identified.

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Renewal of existing auditorium subject to additional funding

Thank you for attending today's Open House!We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please submit your comment form before you leave today.

jorenewal@vsb.bc.ca

Fax: 604-713-5077