Quicklinks:
* Community Consultation & Information Meetings
* Video Message from Superintendent of Schools
* November 24 Small Group Consultation Meeting
* November 24 Small Group PowerPoint Presentation
* Long Term Facilities Plan and Five Year Capital Plan
Long Term Facilities Plan Community Consultations:
Langley Secondary and R.E. Mountain Catchment Communities
December 2 & 3, 2014
Langley School District is reviewing options for the implementation of the Long Term Facilities Plan that affect the Langley Secondary and R.E. Mountain catchment communities and are therefore holding information sessions.
For the LSS family of schools:
Tuesday, December 2 at H.D. Stafford Middle School and start at 3:30 & 6:30
For the REMSS family of schools:
Wednesday, December 3 at R.E. Mountain Secondary School and start at 3:30 & 6:30
The purpose of the information session is to provide the community with an overview of the Long Term Facilities Plan recommendations and the implications of possible scenarios upon implementation.
To provide written input on the Long Term Facilities Plan and its implementation please address correspondence to:
Office of the Secretary Treasurer
Langley School District
4875 222 Street,
Langley, BC V3A 3Z7
or email feedback@sd35.bc.ca
Superintendent of Schools Suzanne Hoffman provides introductory remarks about the consultation process (3mins):
November 24 Small Group Consultation Meeting
About 60 representatives from DPAC and the most-impacted communities assembled for a small group consultation meeting on November 24th. The process stems from an October 2nd meeting with DPAC that suggested a small group meeting precede a larger group meeting in order to provide feedback. Feedback is to be incorporated from the November 24th meeting into the presentations on December 2nd and 3rd in the affected communities. After the large group meeting, the information will be distilled back to the smaller group to help formulate a recommendation that can be presented to the Board of Education.
Examples of valuable input so far in preparing for the larger group meeting include:
- More information needs to be made available on financial impacts.
- More information needs to be made available on transportation options and impacts.
- Reduce the use of ‘lingo’ and abbreviations in order to make the information more accessible and clear.
- What is the timeline for completion of the options provided?
- Connect the options so that the effect of one option on another option is clearly indicated.
- Address what will happen in the short term once an option has been decided upon?
Feedback from this meeting and from the greater District community is continuing to arrive – send us your input via email at feedback@sd35.bc.ca
PowerPoint Presentation from November 24 Small Group Consultation Meeting
To read the complete PowerPoint presentation, click here or on the image above (PDF).
District Long Term Facilities Plan and Five Year Capital Plan
At a Special Meeting on October 9, 2012, the Board of Education approved the District Long Term Facilities Plan which represented the beginning of an ongoing dialogue with our school communities. The plan contains sixteen recommendations (see summary below) and was used to inform the District’s Five Year Capital Plan for 2012-2013 which was approved at the October 23, 2012 Regular Meeting of the Board. The complete plan and appendices are available for download below.
District Long Term Facilities PlanAppendix A – School Facilities
Appendix B – CP3 Summary Enrolment Projections
Appendix C – Headcount Enrolment Projections by School, by Grade, and by Program
1. Engages the appropriate stakeholders in processes to determine the preferred long term enrolment, grade configuration, and site locations of District, Alternate, and Career programs, and that the outcome of the reviews be incorporated into future capital planning.
2. Commences a stakeholder consultation process to discuss middle grades education with a potential follow-up process on middle grades configuration for the Brookswood, D.W. Poppy, and Walnut Grove areas.
3. Initiates a process to explore possibilities on the use of underutilized classroom space at Aldergrove Community Secondary School.
4. Engages the Langley Secondary community and other stakeholders in a process to develop a Strategic Plan to determine the preferred long term educational programs, enrolment, and site location.
5. Explores potential School / Community Services relationships / partnerships in schools that have surplus space as well as in planned new schools.
6. Develops a Strategic Plan to determine the preferred long term location for Glenwood School based upon the Brookswood / Fernridge Community Plan update.
7. Considers the number and location of schools required for the Brookswood Secondary area based upon the Brookswood / Fernridge Community Plan update.
8. Plans for schools in the Willoughby area based upon evolving development trends and their location.
9. Plans to relocate Willoughby Elementary School to a more appropriate site to accommodate proposed development in the area and develop an expression of interest for redevelopment of the existing site.
10. Plans to build an elementary school on the James Anderson Learning Centre site in the Five Year Capital Plan and plan to relocate the James Anderson Learning Centre to a different location.
11. Plans for an addition to R.C. Garnett Elementary in the Five Year Capital Plan.
12. Plans for a new secondary school in the Willoughby Area in the Five Year Capital Plan and with the intent to convert the existing R.E. Mountain Secondary School to a middle school upon completion and occupancy of the new secondary school.
13. Plans for four (three elementary and one secondary) new school sites in the Five Year Capital Plan.
14. Undertakes further investigation in consideration of Ministry of Education Mechanical System Upgrade Program applications for some schools.
15. Determines if the old Bradshaw, County Line and Murrayville schools, and the undeveloped Route 32 school site, are required for educational programs and / or services and, if not, dispose of the facilities and sites.
Vision Statement
Long-Term Facilities Guiding Principles
Board Strategic Planning Principles and Priorities:
Enable implementation of the Board’s goals and priorities in the Long Term Facilities Plan.
Educational Program:
Enhance student learning by creating and / or supporting viable and effective programs in appropriate locations.
Enrolment – Capacity – Utilization:
Maintain appropriate sized facilities that will accommodate changing enrolment and educational programs over the next 10 to 15 years.
Facility Costs:
Strive for increased efficiency in operational and capital costs.
Administrative Costs:
Optimize administrative costs within the available funding