May 18: Third Public Meeting for Sudbury South Accommodation at Lockerby

The Accommodation Review Committee will present options for Sudbury South area schools at its third public meeting on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 6:30 pm. The meeting will take place in the Auditorium at Lockerby Composite School. The public will have an op-portunity to provide input on the options at the fourth public meeting, which will take place on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 6:30 pm at Lockerby Composite School.

Sudbury South area schools include Alexander Public School, Algonquin Road Public School, Long Lake Public School, MacLeod Public School, Monetville Public School, R.L. Beattie Public School, Wanup Public School, Lockerby Composite School and Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School.

The first public meeting, which was held in March, was an information sharing session. This was an opportunity for everyone to learn more about the accommodation review process, obtain data and ask questions. The second public meeting, which was held in April, focused on what is and what could be. The public had an opportunity to provide in-put. All information that was presented at the public meetings is available at rain-bowschools.ca.

HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT



Requests for presentations at the public meetings must be made in writing two days prior to the meeting to:

Superintendent Ada Della Penta

Fax: 705.674.3167

Email: [email protected]       

Presentations will be limited to 10 minutes.  Written copies must be made prior to the meeting and submitted to the Accommodation Review Committee for the minutes.

For those unable to attend public meetings, written input will be accepted within the time-lines specified in the Schedule of Public Meetings.

Please send written submissions to:

Nicole Charette

Senior Advisor

Corporate Communications

and Strategic Planning

Rainbow District School Board

Centre for Education, 408 Wembley Drive

Sudbury ON P3E 1P2

Email: 

[email protected]

Fax: 705.674.3167

Working in an advisory role, the Accommodation Review Committee will provide to the Board’s Administrative Council recommendations to maximize student learning within the resources available to the Board in keeping with two guiding principles – all students will continue to have access to the best programming possible in quality school facilities and surplus space will be reduced.

Decisions will be made with the full involvement of an informed local community based on a broad range of criteria regarding the quality of the learning experience for students.

A number of factors will be considered as part of the review process, including the quality of the learning environment at the school, the range of program offerings, the adequacy of the school’s physical space to support student learning, and the proximity of the school to students. Other factors, such as enrolment, operating costs, and capital needs, will also be considered. Value to all students will take priority over all other considerations.

Accommodation Review Committee members have been drawn from the school commu-nity and the broader community, including parents, educators, school board officials, a secondary school student representative, a First Nation representative as well as busi-ness and municipal representatives.

For more information about the Board’s accommodation review process, visit rain-bowschools.ca and click on “Sudbury South Accommodation” under highlights on the homepage.

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Media Contact:

Nicole Charette, Senior Advisor,

Corporate Communications and Strategic Planning,

Rainbow District School Board, 705-674-3171, ext. 7217.