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BY ANDREA SANDS, EDMONTON JOURNAL FEBRUARY 18, 2014/ w2 i7 w v! w0 {
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EDMONTON - Hundreds of students will have to switch schools next fall under a complicated new plan to make room at 11 crowded Edmonton public schools.5 p: K" u; ]7 X: o
8 {" K$ ~9 r! q- WAmong the hardest hit are students at two elementary junior high schools in the southeast: A. Blair McPherson School in the Tamarack neighbourhood and Michael Strembitsky School in Summerside. There, attendance boundaries will shrink, hundreds of students who already attend the schools — 103 kids at A. Blair McPherson and 354 at Michael Strembitsky — won’t be allowed back, and siblings won’t be automatically accepted.
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At Winterburn School in west Edmonton, the Logos Christian program will close after this school year. About 175 Logos students will be redirected to the Logos program at one of two other schools farther east.
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Across all 11 schools covered by the new plan, more than 370 Catholic students and students from outside the city will also be kicked out.
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- u( W, }7 Z6 h6 |3 Y5 yIn two years, another 218 students at Johnny Bright School in the Rutherford neighbourhood will move to a new elementary when it opens in Blackmud Creek in 2016.
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8 T( j$ b9 I5 d; U7 Q) s8 J4 D4 mFor those most part though, the plan, designed to free up space at 11 public schools, avoids kicking out current students, will continue to accept their siblings and preserves or restores the K-9 grade configurations at the elementary junior high schools affected.; I5 X* x u$ {- D" _
_1 r, Q# J [The plan will prevent student enrolment numbers from climbing higher than the buildings’ capacity for at least the next five years, while the school district waits for new schools to open, Edmonton Public Schools managing director Lorne Parker said.$ M' Q1 M: \0 {3 e; g) }8 S8 I
; r1 {7 `- g. I4 ~+ Y/ r a“We’ve tried to be as responsive to parents as we possibly can, but it’s simply not possible for us to make a decision that’s going to meet everybody’s needs,” Parker said. “We’re empathetic with parents because we know that it’s tough to have their child’s education disrupted, but we’re in a situation where to do nothing is not an option. We have to take an action and we have to do it now.”
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: C' f3 q3 Z2 p* uAt all the schools, attendance boundaries are shrinking. Neighbourhoods that were once inside the boundaries are being redesignated to other schools. At all the schools, except Johnny Bright Elementary Junior High, students from neighbourhoods now removed from the boundary can still register in years when there’s enough room. However, their transportation won’t be covered.4 G8 M7 U% F7 J) U- T) R
0 T7 \. [, ~( G `( N+ ?" }3 S# @Hundreds of students are being “grandfathered” so they can stay at their current schools despite the changes, but they will lose their yellow school bus service if they choose to stay. The district will only provide busing only to a neighbourhood’s new designated school. Busing changes will cost the district an estimated $500,000-$600,000, Parker said.6 P8 _6 Y" u x: d3 x
# H( N+ {- s: XRide times for students who move will range from 30 to 60 minutes, and most will be about 35 minutes, he said. Students from the Windermere neighbourhood who shift from Brander Gardens Elementary School to McKee School face one of the longest ride times, at about 60 minutes, Parker said.1 z1 |$ g) S8 U$ M) o8 l
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The district is also adding more classroom space at several of the affected schools by attaching modular classrooms to the buildings and adding free-standing portable classrooms. The province is funding 10 of the 22 modulars and portables needed under the plan. It will cost the school district about $6 million to pay for the remaining 12, Parker said.* t/ J. `2 U& r8 [) J4 F
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At Johnny Bright and Esther Starkman schools in southwest Edmonton, Grade 8 will be restored for the fall and Grade 9 will be added starting in September 2015. Those grades were removed last year to deal with overcrowding. “While they took pressure off those schools, it wasn’t very well received (by parents),” Parker said.0 |6 Z+ Y) B3 Y& S$ O, a9 c( K% x
2 C" l6 W1 U# v4 G* d$ GThe school district developed the plan to deal with rapidly increasing student enrolment after consulting with school communities and the public and reviewing data, development plans and other information./ T; @$ Q# w3 L/ d
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“The schools are still going to be full when we finish with this plan,” Parker said. “There’s a number of initiatives in this plan designed to move some students to different schools and, at the same time, ensure that we don’t go over capacity in these particular buildings again.”
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. T7 Q# z) f+ O! c/ }) N' j( I+ R$ m \Normally by this time of year, families are pre-enrolling to attend schools next fall. However, pre-registration has been delayed to March 3 so parents can review the changes and decide where to register, Parker said./ x* W. C1 L5 Z* V, D8 Y* y
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; w. x' }7 b# o4 F$ OThe ins and outs of reorganization
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+ p# W6 A: W% k! e7 Y" j6 pEdmonton Public Schools is implementing changes for September at 11 full schools, most of which are outside Anthony Henday Drive where rapid development has attracted families with young children. The public school district’s plan shrinks school attendance areas, moves hundreds of students, buses students from some neighbourhoods to schools farther away and closes a Christian program at one school. However, the plan also allows most current students to stay at their schools, keeps and restores the K-9 grades in the elementary junior high schools and allows siblings of current students in.. l; Z- { @( g7 {, H7 Y- \0 i
* w9 d" E; O% R: T/ kFull details are available on the Edmonton Public Schools website, but here are the highlights:5 Y2 j1 b" p( y3 _) f/ Y
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A. Blair McPherson Elementary Junior High, at 430 Tamarack Green in southeast Edmonton:' G6 d( F9 ~) A
! [/ ?) P7 Q8 K7 q6 uThe school boundary will shrink to encompass the Tamarack neighbourhood. Students who already attend the school from the Maple, Tamarack Common and Wild Rose neighbourhoods can stay, although those neighbourhoods are redesignated to other schools. About 103 kindergarten and elementary students attending from other neighbourhoods won’t be accepted back. Current junior high students living outside the new attendance area will be allowed to finish Grade 9." V7 p) @/ h) l# m
6 B* A5 N9 u( m) R5 o2 C% TBrander Gardens Elementary School, at 14865 56 Ave. in southwest Edmonton:4 G* Y0 C6 ~" S5 B7 x' H5 V
0 f6 x! G/ `8 s" g }5 P, KThe school will add two portable classrooms and cap French immersion at two classes per grade. School boundaries will shrink to encompass five neighbourhoods: Brander Gardens, Ramsay Heights, Magrath, MacTaggart and Hodgson. Students living outside those neighbourhoods won’t be kicked out, but their siblings won’t be automatically accepted. Windermere North, Windermere South and Ambleside will be redesignated to other schools.
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) q/ a' c; l# Y" ~Johnny Bright K-7 School, at 1331 Rutherford Rd. in southwest Edmonton:
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The school will reinstate Grade 8 this fall and Grade 9 starting September 2015. The boundary will shrink to serve only the Rutherford neighbourhood. The MacEwan, Blackburne, Blackmud Creek and Richford neighbourhoods will be redesignated to other schools. Although current students from outside the adjusted boundary can stay, about 218 students from the Blackburne, Blackmud Creek and Richford neighbourhoods will be moved once a new elementary school opens in Blackmud Creek in 2016.
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3 y0 l8 M& _" ? \( `9 BEsther Starkman K-7 school, 2717 Terwillegar Way in southwest Edmonton:8 W& b9 x4 p5 @
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The school will reinstate Grade 8 this fall and Grade 9 starting September 2015. The attendance area will shrink to encompass Terwillegar Towne. Students from the Leger and Terwillegar South neighbourhoods will be redesignated to other schools.
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Bessie Nichols Elementary Junior High School, at 189 Hemingway Rd. in west Edmonton:2 h+ E. L, O% Q% z
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The school will add two modular and six portable classrooms to expand space. The attendance area will shrink to encompass only The Hamptons neighbourhood. The Granville and Glastonbury neighbourhoods, to the north, will be redesignated to other schools.
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1 p; @, R* _! r# V4 o" f& U. [Dr. Donald Massey Elementary Junior High School, at 5435 162 Ave. in northeast Edmonton:" b& I5 M& L- b& a
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School boundaries will encompass the Hollick-Kenyon neighbourhood and the Matt Berry neighbourhood. The Britnell neighbourhood is redesignated to Delwood Elementary School and Balwin Junior High School.2 P8 X# ]! n6 J8 g- N8 @0 E2 G! L
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Michael Strembitsky Elementary Junior High School, at 4110 Savaryn Drive SW in southeast Edmonton:
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Attendance boundaries will shrink to encompass Summerside East. Summerside West students who already attend won’t be kicked out, although the neighbourhood is redesignated to other schools. However, about 354 students from the Ellerslie Crossing and Ellerslie Station neighbourhoods and The Orchards will have to move out and attend other schools for September.
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/ r" f$ {5 D' ~! I4 }Ellerslie Campus Elementary Junior High School, at 521 66 Street Southwest in southeast Edmonton:
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8 i# U1 l! _# r: d( o4 uThe school will add two portable classrooms and shrink attendance boundaries to encompass the Charlesworth neighbourhood. The Walker neighbourhood to the south will be redesignated to other schools, and groups who lease space will gradually be removed from Ellerslie Campus South, two this fall and the rest by September 2015.# h3 ]3 N$ J) g3 V! R7 D# g. D
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Bisset Elementary School, 3020 37 St. in southeast Edmonton:& y* I5 g- b+ {) e8 }. ~
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The school will add two portable classrooms and shrink its attendance area to encompass Bisset and Silver Berry West. Siblings of current students won’t be automatically accepted. Silver Berry East students will be redesignated to Minchau School.
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Elizabeth Finch Elementary Junior High School, at 13815 160 Ave. in northwest Edmonton:
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( E3 A8 u& p2 L5 vTwo modular and six portable classrooms will be added. Attendance boundaries will shrink to encompass only the Carlton and Oxford neighbourhoods. The Albany neighbourhood to the north and Cumberland and Hudson neighbourhoods to the south will be designated to other schools.
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2 h2 ~1 W' m8 ?( O# XWinterburn Elementary Junior High School, at 9527 Winterburn Road in west Edmonton:
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The boundaries will shrink and Secord neighbourhood students will be redesignated to Youngstown elementary and Britannia junior high schools, both about seven kilometres east. The Logos Christian program, with about 175 students, will close at Winterburn. Elementary students can instead attend the Logos program at Youngstown School and Britannia Junior High School will reactivate its Logos program.
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