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Low Enrolment Secondary School Focus Group Meeting Port Hope High School Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB January 27, 2015 Educating for Success! Port Hope Focus Group Participants KPRDSB Trustee Township of Alnwick/Haldimand, Town of Trustee

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Low Enrolment Secondary School Focus Group Meeting

Port Hope High School Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB January 27, 2015

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Port Hope Focus Group Participants

Trustee Gordon Gilchrist KPRDSB Trustee – Township of Alnwick/Haldimand, Town of Cobourg, Township of Hamilton, Municipality of Port Hope Trustee Jaine Klassen Jeninga KPRDSB Trustee – Township of Alnwick/Haldimand, Town of Cobourg, Township of Hamilton, Municipality of Port Hope KPRDSB Karin Mackenzie-Russell, Principal Port Hope High School (PHHS) KPRDSB Tracy McCarthy, Vice-Principal PHHS KPRDSB Lynn Kostuch, Vice-Principal

  • Dr. M.S. Hawkins Sr. PS

KPRDSB Nicole Lees, Principal George Hamilton PS/North Hope Central PS KPRDSB Darlene Morra, Principal Beatrice Strong PS KPRDSB Robert Pellerin, Principal Ganaraska Trail PS School Council Aly Kaczanowski PHHS School Council Dawn McArthur PHHS School Council Chandra Reader PHHS / Ganaraska Trail / Dr. M.S. Hawkins School Council Tracey Boese North Hope Central PS School Council Jamie Byers George Hamilton PS Municipal Mayor Mark Lovshin Township of Hamilton Municipal Mayor Bob Sanderson Municipality of Port Hope Community Member Bree Nixon Port Hope Chamber of Commerce Student Christian Langstaff PHHS Student Student Taylor Lax PHHS Student Teacher Mary Hewgill PHHS Teacher Teacher Patricia Papp PHHS Teacher

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Purpose of Focus Groups

  • Discuss and gather feedback from our school

stakeholders on the strengths and ongoing challenges faced by low enrolment secondary schools as a result of declining enrolment

  • Share school enrolment data and future trends to

help support our discussion

  • Gather information, ideas and questions related to

programming and to inform our long-term accommodation planning

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Agenda

  • 1. Welcome and Overview
  • 2. Introduction - Co-Facilitators - Steve Girardi and Greg Ingram,

Superintendents of Education: Student Achievement

  • 3. Purpose of Community Focus Groups / Background Information
  • 4. Port Hope High School Overview
  • 5. Historical and Future Projections
  • 6. Secondary School Programming and Scheduling
  • 7. Focus Group Feedback on Port Hope High School
  • 8. Question Period
  • 9. Adjournment
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Low Enrolment Secondary School

  • Less than 500 students
  • More difficulty meeting the academic needs
  • f all students
  • May have difficulty offering co-curricular

and extra-curricular programs

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Format for the Evening

  • The meeting is public but it will be a working group

meeting.

  • Stakeholders participating in the meeting include

local trustees, municipal and community representatives, the Port Hope principal and vice principal, parents and students from PHHS, elementary feeder school principals and parents.

  • Table conversation will be recorded and shared with

the entire group as well as general audience throughout the evening.

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Format for the Evening

  • Audience members will have the opportunity

to provide comments and ask questions throughout the evening, through the response form at your chair and as well as through the KPR website: www.kprschools.ca

  • Minutes from each community focus group

will available on our KPR website

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“Truth Shall Prevail”

OUR SHARED VISION FOR ALL STUDENTS IS: In an environment that is safe, secure and respectful, we provide programs and services that recognize the distinct characteristics and diverse needs of our senior elementary and secondary students. Our goal is to enable all students to acquire knowledge, skills and experiences that prepare them to become contributing and caring members of society.

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Grade 9 and 10 Programming

Grade Compulsory Courses Optional Courses Grade 9 English *French Geography Math *Physical Education Science *Art Business Family Studies *Music *Technology Grade 10 Careers/Civics English History Math Science *Art *Physical Education *Business *Computer Programming *Construction Family Studies *French Manufacturing *Music *Physical Education Transportation Native Studies

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Grade 11 and 12 Programming

Grade Compulsory Courses Optional Courses

Grade 11 *English (combined in Workplace

  • nly)

*Literacy *Math (combined in Workplace) *Art *Environmental Science *Law Sociology/Psychology Biology Chemistry *Drama *Guitar *Construction *Manufacturing *French Physics *Physical Education *Transportation Parenting *Technology Photography International Languages *Culinary Arts Grade 12 *English (combined in Workplace only) Art Chemistry Biology *Computer Programming *Culinary Arts *French Math *Manufacturing Physics *Physical Education *Transportation *Technology Business *Construction *Drama

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Specialized Programs

Extended French – transitioning to French immersion Learning and Life Skills Specialist High Skills Majors

  • Environmental
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Hospitality
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Supporting Students

Individualized Timetabling eLearning Alternative Education via Blended Learning Video Conferencing Flexible Co-op

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Extra and Co-Curricular Activities

Athletics

Rugby Ultimate Frisbee Swimming Track & Field Cross-Country Running Soccer Volleyball Golf Basketball Wrestling Badminton Tennis Intramural Sports

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Extra and Co-Curricular Activities

Clubs

Improv LINK Student Council School Reach Hawkins Band

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Extra and Co-Curricular Activities

Out-Reach

Supporting HIV orphans in Tanzania Building a school in Africa Beach Clean-Up Food drive for the local food bank 25 Years Supporting Terry Fox Run Digging a well for an African village

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Port Hope High School

Historical and Future Projections

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Educating for Success! Births: Board as a School

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Other SK-12

  • French Immersion
  • IB

LLS JK-12

  • Learning Life Skills

Regular Track JK-12

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Other

  • French Immersion
  • IB
  • Regular Track
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Other SK-8

  • French Immersion

Regular Track JK-8

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Educating for Success! Births: Board as a school vs Port Hope H. S.

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KAWARTHA PINE RIDGE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ENROLMENT HISTORY Port Hope HIGH SCHOOL

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 PROJECTED 2014-15

AVERAGE DAILY ENROLMENT

759 700 684 677 674 717 706 673 613 618 580 538 497 450 396

  • 100

200 300 400 500 600 700 800

AVERAGE DAILY ENROLMENT

AVERAGE DAILY ENROLMENT

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KAWARTHA PINE RIDGE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ENROLMENT HISTORY

PORT HOPE HIGH SCHOOL 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 PROJECTED 2014-15 Total Feeder School Headcount 1,698 1,656 1,605 1,590 1,517 1,452 1,381 1,284 1,222 1,148 1,093 1,056 1,043 1,004 987 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HEADCOUNT Beatrice Strong Public School 378 377 363 365 334 310 423 366 371 353 303 306 299 283 268 Central Public School 234 206 181 186 147 153 144 143 102

  • Dr. L.B. Powers Public School

190 184 175 151 168 140

  • Dr. M.S. Hawkins Senior Public School

308 301 308 348 348 345 310 297 272 240 230 204 197 184 177 Ganaraska Trail Public School

  • 338

371 380 379 386 402 George Hamilton Public School 191 181 170 171 161 164 167 143 134 112 98 88 89 74 59 Howard Jordan Public School 189 196 194 198 197 191 184 199 213

  • North Hope Central Public School

209 214 217 173 164 150 154 137 132 106 92 79 81 77 81

Total 1,698 1,656 1,605 1,590 1,517 1,452 1,381 1,284 1,222 1,148 1,093 1,056 1,043 1,004 987

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400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800

Total Feeder School Headcount

Total Feeder School Headcount

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Port Hope Feeder Schools Graduating Student – Destination

Data source - Student Information System

School 2009/10 class 2010/11 class 2011/12 class 2012/13 class 2013/14 class Beatrice Strong P.S. Total Students 46 32 26 29 41 Left 1 1 1 3 GUMMOW 1 1 1 2 HAWKINS 44 30 24 26 36 Other KPR Schools 2 1 Ganaraska Trail P.S. Total Students 38 44 41 39 42 Left 3 4 5 4 GUMMOW 1 1 HAWKINS 34 40 41 34 36 Other KPR School 1 George Hamilton P.S. Total Students 21 16 13 12 10 Left 2 2 4 HAWKINS 19 16 13 10 6 Other KPR School North Hope Central P.S. Total Students 11 11 10 10 5 Left 1 1 2 HAWKINS 10 10 8 10 5 Other KPR School

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  • Dr. Hawkins Graduating Student - Destination

Data source - Student Information System School

2009/10 class 2010/11 class 2011/12 class 2012/13 class 2013/14 class

  • DR. M.S. Hawkins

Total Students

122 123 102 104 92

PHHS

105 106 91 92 66

Cobourg - KPR High Schools

9 1 4 4 3

Other KPR High Schools

8 2 2

Left

8 8 5 8 21

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Port Hope High School

Catchment Distribution of High School students aged 14 to 17 Year Children aded 14 to 17 living in catchment area % of children attending PHHS % of children attending regular programing at

  • ther KPR schools

% of children attending district programing at

  • ther KPR school

% of children attending other Boards 2009/10 804 68% 6% 2% 24%

68% 6% 2% 24%

% of children attending PHHS % of children attending regular programing at other KPR schools % of children attending district programing at other KPR school % of children attending other Boards

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Year Children aded 14 to 17 living in catchment area % of children attending PHHS % of children attending regular programing at

  • ther KPR

schools % of children attending district programing at

  • ther KPR

school % of children attending other Boards 2013/14 635 64% 7% 3% 26%

Port Hope High School

Catchment Distribution of High School students aged 14 to 17

64% 7% 3% 26%

% of children attending PHHS % of children attending regular programing at other KPR schools % of children attending district programing at other KPR school % of children attending other Boards

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Projected Enrolment Port Hope ASG - Headcount

School Capacity (OTG ) 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Secondary: Port Hope High School 714 419 410 412 373 392 373 325 329 321 316 Elementary : Beatrice Strong Public School 372 268 269 248 231 232 218 210 205 198 196

  • Dr. M.S. Hawkins Senior Public

School 262 177 170 153 167 158 157 185 184 174 175 Ganaraska Trail Public School 389 401 409 410 393 389 381 365 364 353 351 George Hamilton Public School 150 59 64 56 60 56 57 55 57 56 55 North Hope Central Public School 95 81 87 93 96 96 105 106 101 99 97 Elementary Total 1268 986 999 960 947 931 918 921 911 880 874

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Secondary School Programming and Scheduling

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Programs

All schools must offer a graduating program for students. A diploma requires the completion of 30 credits (18 compulsory + 12 electives) Some schools offer specific programs:

  • French Immersion
  • International Baccalaureate

Some schools have a particular focus:

  • Arts
  • Technology
  • Forestry
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Student Course Selection

  • In February students choose courses for the

next year based on the school course calendar

  • Courses are offered based on compulsory

needs and elective choices, past enrolment in a course, interest expressed by students or new offerings by the ministry

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Staffing Allocation

  • Based on these numbers the central staffing team

allocates each school a certain number of teachers.

  • Each full time teacher is assigned 6 classes.
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Class Sizes

  • Grade 11 college classes can have up to 25 students
  • Grade 11 university classes can have up to 29

students

  • Grade 10 applied classes can have up to 23 students
  • Grade 9 locally developed classes can have up to 14

students

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Building a Timetable

  • The school must decide which courses:
  • will run
  • how many classes of each course
  • will not run
  • will be combined by grade and/or level
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Critical Considerations

  • Must consider courses required for students to be

successful such as Learning Strategies in grades 9/10

  • Must also think about those courses required for

post-secondary programs, such as Biology & Physics

  • Balance across the timetable:
  • choices of elective courses
  • fferings for each stream of study (academic, applied,
  • pen)
  • the # of courses offered in each period of the day
  • the # of courses offered by grade in each period
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Timetabling

Next we build a timetable, the goal of which, for a secondary school, is to have the least number of conflicts for students as possible – so students are able to take what they need and want!

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Student Decisions

  • If students have conflicts, they must choose

which course to take.

  • If a course is cancelled then students must

decide on a second choice and possibly a third choice.

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Timetables

What do timetables look like? They vary significantly depending on the size and course offerings of the school. As schools become smaller, there is less flexibility in the number and types of courses that can be offered to students.

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Strategies to Maximize Programming

  • Combine classes
  • E-learning
  • Video conferencing
  • Examining programming across the system

to share students

  • Offer courses every other year
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Secondary School Vision

What is the secondary school experience you want for your children/students?

  • 1. Individually, write down 5 things that are most

important to you.

  • 2. As a group, agree on 5 things that are most

important.

  • 3. Record your list on chart paper and be prepared to

report to the whole group.

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What are the strengths of Port Hope High School with regards to programming, extra- curricular activities or any other aspect of the school?

  • 1. Individually, write down ideas that are most

important to you.

  • 2. As a group, discuss and record your ideas on chart

paper and be prepared to report to the group.

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What are the areas for growth for Port Hope High School with regards to programming, extra-curricular activities or any other aspect of the school?

  • 1. Individually, write down ideas that are most

important to you.

  • 2. As a group, discuss and record your ideas on chart

paper and be prepared to report to the group.

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Focus Group Feedback Are there any other ideas/next steps should we consider to support Port Hope High School students?

  • 1. Individually, write down ideas that are most

important to you.

  • 2. As a group, discuss and record your ideas on chart

paper and be prepared to report to the group.

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Questions