The coloured areas of the map identify school boundaries and family of school groupings. The changes are described in the detailed overviews below.鈥�听
Peterborough City and County Accommodation Planning
Background
As we welcome more students and families, we are seeing that the growth within schools has been uneven. This has led to significant overcrowding in some schools and extra space in others.
As we consider the best ways to balance student enrolment in Peterborough City and County schools, we are inviting feedback from families, students and staff.
To support high quality learning experiences and opportunities for all students, we need to move students from overcrowded schools into schools that have space. This can be accomplished with changes to:
- school attendance boundaries,
- family of school groupings,
- grades/cohorts, and/or
- programs.
Second Phase of Accommodation Planning听
Thank you to everyone who participated in the first phase of the consultation, through the online survey, and/or by attending the community engagement meeting.听听
Feedback from the first phase of accommodation planning this Spring was carefully reviewed, considered and weighed against the Guiding Principles that were established at the start of this process. Taking into consideration the initial feedback received, school board administration is now presenting two refined Accommodation Concepts for feedback.
A summary of each Accommodation Concept can be found further below.
Guiding Principles听
The following principles continue to guide this work and were used to help evaluate solutions and refine the Accommodation Concepts:
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providing high quality programs for all students,听听
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developing long-term, sustainable plans that balance enrolment,听听听
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maintaining walkable routes to school, and听听
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maintaining efficient transportation services.听听
Community Engagement听 听
Families, students and staff may provide feedback about the accommodation strategies at in-person local community engagements and through the Accommodation Survey, which will be available prior to the engagement meetings.听听
October 1, 2024 鈥� 6:00 p.m. 鈥� Kaawaate East City PS听听
October 10, 2024 鈥� 6:00 p.m. 鈥� Millbrook/South Cavan PS听 听
October 17, 2024 鈥� 6:00 p.m. 鈥� Adam Scott CVI听
Accommodation Concepts听
The two proposed Accommodation Concepts below would be applicable to new student registrations within a school boundary, and/or for entire cohorts/grades of students, to be moved at natural transition times, such as entering into Grade 7 or Grade 9, depending on the adjustments needed at each school, and as detailed in the Concepts.
The coloured areas of the map identify school boundaries and family of school groupings. The changes are described in the detailed overviews below.鈥�
Summary of Possible Impacts to Schools
All City and County of Peterborough schools are listed below in alphabetical order with information about the proposed Accommodation Concepts that identify possible changes for the school community. Full details about each concept, including maps and enrolment information, are available in the Concepts section above.
Adam Scott Collegiate Vocational Institute
Family of schools feeder school changes identified.听
Adam Scott Intermediate School
Beginning September 2025, English stream Grade 7 students (from R.F. Downey PS, Queen Mary PS and Edmison Heights PS) would attend a new Intermediate School at Queen Mary PS instead of Adam Scott.听 The students would attend Adam Scott CVI for secondary school. No changes for French Immersion students, who would continue to attend Adam Scott Intermediate and Adam Scott CVI.听
Apsley Central Public School
No changes identified.
Buckhorn Public School
No changes identified.
Chemong Public School
Beginning September 2027, Chemong PS would become part of the Crestwood Secondary School (SS) family of schools. New Grade 9 students in September 2027 would attend Crestwood SS. Students in Grade 10 as of September 2027 may remain at Adam Scott CVI.听
Beginning September 2025, new SK French Immersion students would attend Westmount PS (SK-Grade 6), and then Adam Scott Intermediate and Adam Scott CVI. Students Grade 1 and up would continue to attend Edmison Heights PS and then Adam Scott Intermediate and Adam Scott CVI.听
Crestwood Intermediate School
Feeder school changes identified
Crestwood Secondary School
Family of schools feeder school changes identified.
Edmison Heights Public School
Beginning September 2025, English stream Grade 7 students would attend a new Intermediate School at Queen Mary PS, and then continue to Adam Scott CVI for secondary school. No change for French Immersion students, who would continue to attend Adam Scott Intermediate and Adam Scott CVI.听
Havelock-Belmont Public School
French Immersion students from within the Havelock Belmont PS school boundary would attend Hillcrest PS and then Campbellford DHS, starting with SK students in September 2025.听听
Students already attending Kaawaate ECPS/Adam Scott Intermediate/Adam Scott CVI may remain where they are.听
Highland Heights Public School
Beginning September 2025, Highland Heights PS would become part of the Crestwood Secondary School (SS) family of schools and would become a JK-Grade 6 school. Grade 7 students in September 2025 would attend Crestwood Intermediate School. Students in Grade 8 as of September 2025 would remain at Highland Heights PS and continue to Adam Scott CVI.听
Students from Highland Heights PS would attend Westmount PS for French Immersion, with SK students starting at Westmount PS in September 2025. Existing French Immersion students may remain at Edmison Heights PS.听
All French Immersion students will continue to attend Adam Scott Intermediate and Adam Scott CVI.
James Strath Public School
No changes identified.
Kaawaate East City Public School
Kaawaate ECPS would become dual track JK/SK-Grade 6. In September 2025, English stream Grade 7 students would attend Otonabee Valley PS for Grade 7 and 8, and then attend Thomas A. Stewart SS for Grades 9-12.听
French Immersion students would continue to attend Adam Scott Intermediate and Adam Scott CVI.听
Kawartha Heights Public School
No changes identified.
Keith Wightman Public School
Beginning September 2025, Keith Wightman would become a JK-Grade 8 school, feeding directly to Kenner CVI for Grade 9. Students entering Grade 7 in September 2025 would remain at Keith Wightman PS. Students in Grade 8 as of September 2025 would remain at Kenner Intermediate.听
Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute
Family of schools feeder school changes identified.
Kenner Intermediate School
Feeder school changes identified.
Lakefield District Public School
No changes identified.
Millbrook/South Cavan Public School
Would become part of Kenner CVI family of schools. Beginning September 2025, Grade 7 students would start attending Kenner Intermediate School and continue to Kenner CVI. Students in Grade 8 in September 2025 may remain at Crestwood Intermediate and Secondary School.听
French Immersion students would attend Prince of Wales PS for SK-8 (continuing on to Adam Scott CVI) with SK students starting at Prince of Wales in September 2025. Existing French Immersion students may remain at Westmount PS/Adam Scott Intermediate/Adam Scott CVI.听
North Cavan Public School
Would become part of Kenner CVI family of schools. Beginning September 2025, Grade 7 students would start attending Kenner Intermediate School and continue to Kenner CVI. Students in Grade 8 in September 2025 may remain at Crestwood Intermediate and Secondary School.听
French Immersion students would attend Prince of Wales PS for SK-8 (continuing on to Adam Scott CVI), with SK students starting at Prince of Wales in September 2025. Existing French Immersion students may remain at Westmount PS/Adam Scott Intermediate/Adam Scott CVI.听
North Shore Public School
French Immersion students who attend Westmount PS and reside in the area generally described as being bounded by the 6th Line and the Otonabee River to the north, the Otonabee River to the east, Rice Lake to the south, and Highway 28 to the west of the North Shore PS school boundary would attend Prince of Wales PS for FI (continuing on to Adam Scott CVI). SK students would start at Prince of Wales PS in September 2025. Existing French Immersion students may remain at Westmount PS/Adam Scott Intermediate School/Adam Scott CVI 听
French Immersion students who attend Kaawaate East City PS and reside in the area generally described as being bounded by Highway 7 and Division Road to the north, Camerson Line to the east, Rice Lake to the south and the Otonabee River to the west would attend Prince of Wales PS for French Immersion (continuing on to Adam Scott CVI).听 SK students would start at Prince of Wales PS in September 2025. Existing French Immersion students may remain at Kaawaate East City PS/Adam Scott Intermediate School/Adam Scott CVI. 听
No boundary change for English stream students.听
Norwood District High School
No changes identified.
Norwood District Intermediate School
No changes identified.
Norwood District Public School
French Immersion students from within the Norwood District PS school boundary would attend Hillcrest PS and then Campbellford DHS, starting with SK students in September 2025.听听
Students already attending Kaawaate ECPS/Adam Scott Intermediate/Adam Scott CVI may remain where they are.听
Otonabee Valley Public School
Beginning September 2025, Otonabee Valley PS would become a JK-Grade 8 school, feeding directly to Kenner CVI for Grade 9. Students entering Grade 7 in September 2025 would remain at Otonabee Valley PS. Students in Grade 8 as of September 2025 would remain at Kenner Intermediate.听
Kaawaate ECPS students would start attending Otonabee Valley PS for Grade 7/8, beginning with Grade 7 students in September 2025. Kaawaate ECPS students would continue to attend Thomas A. Stewart SS for high school.听
Peterborough Alternative and Continuing Education (PACE)
No changes identified.
Prince of Wales Public School
No changes identified.
Queen Elizabeth Public School
Queen Elizabeth would receive some new students as of September 2025, from the former Queen Mary PS area, as a result of a boundary change.听
Queen Mary Public School
An intermediate school would be established at Queen Mary PS, with Grade 7/8 English stream students from Edmison Heights PS, R.F. Downey PS and Queen Mary PS, beginning with Grade 7 students in September 2025.听
Boundary adjustment for new student registrations as of September 2025. Students residing south of Parkhill Road West, east of Donegal Street, Stewart Street and George Street North, west of the Otonabee River would attend Queen Elizabeth PS or Edmison Heights PS (French Immersion).听
R.F. Downey Public School
Beginning September 2025, English stream Grade 7 students would attend a new Intermediate School at Queen Mary PS, and then continue to Adam Scott CVI.听
Roger Neilson Public School
Beginning September 2025, Roger Neilson PS would become a JK-Grade 8 school, feeding directly to Kenner CVI for Grade 9. Students entering Grade 7 in September 2025 would remain at Roger Neilson PS. Students in Grade 8 as of September 2025 would remain at Kenner Intermediate.听
Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School
No changes identified.
Warsaw Public School
No changes identified.
Westmount Public School
No changes identified.
Q. Why are these changes being proposed?
A. To support high quality programming for all schools, school boards need to balance enrolment between schools. Some schools have too many students compared to the size of the school building, while other schools have unused space. When a school has too many or too few students, school staffing and program offerings can be challenging.听
School board administration has created this听Background Study with student enrolment, school space available, and existing attendance boundaries for all schools in Peterborough City and County.听
Q. What type of adjustments are being considered to balance enrolment?
A. This planning process looks at four types of changes to move students from crowded schools into schools that have extra space:
1)听听听听Boundary changes听鈥� school boundaries determine which school students will attend, depending on their address. When boundaries are adjusted, some students will be directed to a different school.
2)听听听听Family of School grouping changes听鈥� Family of school groupings determine which secondary school students will attend, based on their elementary school. When school groupings change, elementary schools may feed into different secondary schools.
3)听听听听Grade or Cohort changes 鈥撎�To address overcrowding in one school and extra space in another, one grade or several grades may be identified to attend a different school. For example, a crowded Kindergarten to Grade 8 school could become Kindergarten to Grade 6 instead.
4)听听听听Program changes 鈥� programs such as French Immersion, accommodate students from multiple schools. To balance student numbers, and meet student needs, the regional locations for French Immersion can be reviewed.
Q. What changes are being proposed?
A. The second round of proposed strategies are presented as Concepts A.1, and E. Different scenarios are being considered, with the ultimate goal of balancing enrolment and providing high quality learning conditions and opportunities for ALL students.听
Each concept contains several strategies that work together to balance enrolment in a number of school locations.听
Detailed information about the proposed concepts, and maps showing the changes being considered, are all available in the sections above.听
Q. How can I find out which changes could impact my school?
A. The possible changes that could affect each school or community, are listed above on this page along with full concept descriptions, maps, and enrolment projections.听
Q. How can I share my thoughts on the second round of concepts?
A. We appreciate that these proposed concepts include changes that could impact many families. You can share your thoughts in person at a public meeting or virtually through the survey on this web page.听
Community engagement meetings are being held as follows:听
October 1, 2024 鈥� 6:00 p.m. 鈥� Kaawaate East City PS听听
October 10, 2024 鈥� 6:00 p.m. 鈥� Millbrook/South Cavan PS听听
October 17, 2024 鈥� 6:00 p.m. 鈥� Adam Scott CVI听
Families will also be able to share their thoughts on the planning concepts through鈥痑n online survey, which will be posted on this web page.听
Q. When will decisions be made?
A. A final decision won鈥檛 be made until December 2024.听
Following the consideration of initial concepts in spring 2024, consolidated feedback and a summary of the initial community engagement process was reviewed by administration. The accommodation concepts have been refined, informed by community feedback, and two concepts are being presented in September 2024.听
Families will have an opportunity to provide feedback on the second round of concepts, though in-person meetings and an online survey.听
After this second feedback opportunity, a final staff report will be brought to the Resource Committee for review and then presented to the Board of Trustees for final approval by the end of December 2024.听
Q. When will the changes take effect?
A. The approved accommodation strategies will begin to be implemented in September 2025.
Once final decisions are made, transition plans will be developed to identify how changes will be phased in.
Q. Besides balancing enrolment, what else is important in this process?
A. We are inviting feedback from families and school communities. We recognize that change can be difficult, but the current situation is not sustainable. We have to make changes in order to balance enrolment in City and County schools. 听听听听听听听听听
In addition to proposing strategies that balance enrolment among schools, our priority is to provide high quality learning conditions and opportunities for ALL students.
Other guiding principles include creating long-term sustainable plans, maintaining walkable routes to schools, and maintaining or streamlining transportation routes.听
Q. Can鈥檛 we just add more portables where they are needed?
A. Some school sites can鈥檛 accommodate additional portables, and there are sometimes significant infrastructure costs in setting up new portables (hydro, water, etc.). There is also limited availability for portables at this time.
Q. Can鈥檛 we just put additions on schools that are too full?
A. The province will not provide funding for new schools or additions unless existing school spaces nearby are fully used. School boards must use strategies to try and balance enrolment in local schools, before they will be approved for funding for additions or new schools.
A. The planning Concepts propose various Family of School changes at the secondary and intermediate level. These would be phased-in, beginning September 2025. These concepts do not propose moving existing intermediate and secondary students at this time, as a result of Family of School changes. New school registrations would attend the designated school as of September 2025.
Q. When will elementary boundary adjustments be implemented?
A. The approved accommodation strategies will begin to be implemented in September 2025.听
Elementary boundary adjustments will apply to new student registrations only. Students already attending an elementary school, will not have to move schools because of boundary changes.听
Grade/cohort changes apply to students entering that grade. For example, movement of all Grade 7 students from one school to another, will affect all students going into Grade 7 for September 2025.听
A.听 Once final decisions are made, students will move to their new schools, as identified through the transition planning process timelines. Requests for students to attend a different school would be handled as a student transfer request, in accordance with听BA-7.1.2 Student Transfers听and would be reviewed on a case-by-case and space-available basis.
If you have additional questions, please send them to听kpr_info@kprdsb.ca or call 705-742-9773, ext. 2201 and we will respond as soon as we can.听
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