Survey of actual/prospective KCVI parents regarding possible school sites. Conducted Feb/March 2015. This is the presentation given to Limestone District School Board April 8, 2015 by a delegation of parents.

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Delegation to Limestone District School Board
 April 8, 2015
•Meredith Chivers – Winston PS
•Emma Jackson – Sydenham PS
•Peter Josza – Module Vanier, KCVI
•Jordan Morelli – Rideau PS
•Dorianne Sager – Sydenham PS
•Laura Tulchinsky – Module Vanier, KCVI

2. Key Points
 Less than 25% of parents plan to send their
children to a new school at any of the 3 proposed
sites
 This means a loss of at least $1 million/yr in PPG
 90% of those surveyed will send their children to
KCVI if it is renovated in current location

3. Key Points
 Walkability, sense of community and downtown
location are highly valued
 The downtown community has 5 feeder elementary
schools with healthy enrolments and serves 3 of the
region’s largest employers
 None of the Board’s three options reflect these values.
It’s time for Plan B

4. Methods
 Online survey (#1) targeting current/future KCVI families
 Publicized by parent networks, social media
 KCVI, Module Vanier
 Central, Sydenham, Rideau, Winston, Polson Park PS
 Survey Monkey with one response per computer
 5 MCQ + opportunity for narrative comment
 Sites: Cookes, QECVI, KCVI
 Open February 28 - March 8, 2015
 Subsequent survey (#2) launched March 14, 2015 to explore reaction to
Calvin Park High School option
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5. LDSB French Review data
 Similar online methodology
 Grouping of similar themes
 KCVI/Module Vanier had high response rate
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6. Results
 Survey 1 - 235 families
 @ Canadian average of 1.9 students/family
  up to 446 students
 Survey 2 - 198 families
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Q1: Do you have one or more children currently attending or planning to
attend KCVI?
Answered: 235 Skipped: 0

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Q5: If a KCVI is renovated in its existing location (Frontenac St) please tell us where your student (s)
will attend high school. In this case QECVI would become an education centre and community hub
including an alternative high school program, some focus programs and Board offices
Answered: 230 Skipped: 5

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Comparing Sites  to stay with Limestone or to go
Site Limestone school Non-Limestone school
Cookes 56.88% 43.12%
Calvin Park site 50% 50%
QECVI site 53.52% 46.5%
New school at KCVI
QE Alternative Education Centre
92.57% 7.43%
KCVI renovated
QE Alternative Education Centre
96.08% 3.92%

10. What does this mean financially?
 Just based on the 200+ respondents to our
surveys, a new high school built on any of
the 3 proposed sites will lose AT LEAST
$1,000,000/year in per pupil grant.

11. We tell our children actions have consequences.
Is this how we want to teach them that lesson?
Ask Peterborough….
 Downtown school PCVS closed
 Students moved to suburban,
newly renovated TASS 5km away
 Of 756 PCVS students, only 409
moved to TASS

12. Peterborough 2 years later
 Public school enrolment down 11.33%
 Catholic board only down 4.87%
 TASS enrolment declining at higher rate
(9%) than other public high schools (0-
8%) and St Peters (4%)

13. Themes
1. Importance of downtown location adjacent to University
2. Walkability/community schools
3. Preserve/renovate KCVI
4. Will move away from LDSB if KCVI closed
5. Negative to Cookes/QE/Calvin Park sites
6. Calvin Park survey additional themes
1. Bad idea/waste of money/not responsible
2. Makes no sense to have 2 schools so close
3. Congestion in Calvin Park neighbourhood
4. Negative effect of megaschool
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14. Themes
 LDSB-commissioned French review data correlates well
with our results:
 Importance of school location downtown
 Walkability, value of community schools
 Strong desire to preserve KCVI in current location
adjacent to University
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15. Consider this residential street….
 These houses are full of
families with children who
walk to school
 The neighbourhood is
revitalized and full of
young families
 The same goes for all
downtown
neighbourhoods
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16. Consider this residential street….
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It’s time for Plan B