Elgin County Elementary French Immersion (2017)

On September 26, 2017 the Board authorized Senior Administration to conduct an Attendance Area Review for the Elementary French Immersion program serving Elgin County.

The review was in response to the growing demand for French Immersion programs within Elgin County, the capacity issues at Pierre Elliott Trudeau and to address the interim solution of Grade 7 and 8 Immersion programs temporarily located in Port Stanley.

The Attendance Area Review focused on the options for new SK-8 attendance areas for both Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School and a new French Immersion School to be located at Sparta Public School, as of September 2018. 

French Immersion parents and guardians were invited to participate in the public consultation process as a member of the Attendance Area Review Committee (AARC) for their school. The committees were asked to share with and gather information from their respective community and to complete a report to the Board that represents input from the community.

The following reflects the decisions made by the Board of Trustees for the Thames Valley District School Board on February 27, 2018.

1. THAT a new single track SK to grade 7 French Immersion Public School open at 45885 Sparta Line, St. Thomas, effective 2018 July 1.
   
   
2. THAT the new French Immersion Public School, located at 45885 Sparta Line, St. Thomas, attendance area for SK to grade 7 French Immersion program be approved, as per Figure 01, with the exclusion of area A, effective 2018 July 1.
   
   
3. THAT the Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School attendance area for SK to grade 7 French Immersion be approved, as per Figure 02, effective 2018 July 1.
   
   
4. THAT the Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School attendance area for grade 8 French Immersion be approved, as per Figure 03, effective for the 2018-2019 school year only.
   
   
5. THAT the Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School Extended French Immersion attendance area be approved as per Figure 04, not including Area A, effective 2018 July 1.
   
   
6. THAT Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School and the new French Immersion Public School, located at 45885 Sparta line, St Thomas, school models be expanded to grade 8, effective 2019 July 01.
   
   
7. THAT the new French Immersion Public School, located at 45885 Sparta line, St Thomas, attendance area for SK to grade 8 French Immersion be expanded to include Area A as shown on Figure 01, upon the opening of the new Belmont Public School.
   
   
8. THAT the Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School attendance area for Extended French Immersion be expanded to include Area A as shown on Figure 04, upon the opening of the new Belmont Public School.
   
   
9. THAT the French Immersion attendance area for Princess Anne French Immersion Public School, Princess Elizabeth Public School be adjusted to exclude Area A as shown on Figure 01, upon the opening of the new Belmont Public School.
   
   
10. THAT the Extended French Immersion attendance area for Princess Elizabeth Public School and Louise Arbour French Immersion Public School be adjusted to exclude Area A as shown on Figure 04 upon the opening of the new Belmont Public School.
    
    
11. THAT a Naming Committee be established to provide input regarding the naming of the new French Immersion Public School, located at 45885 Sparta line, St Thomas.
    
    
12. THAT Transition Committees be established for the new French Immersion Public School, located at 45885 Sparta line, St Thomas and Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School based on the proposed attendance areas.
    
    
13. THAT New Sarum Public School, located at 9473 Belmont Road, St. Thomas, be declared surplus and offered up for disposition, upon the opening of the new Southeast St. Thomas and new Belmont Public Schools.
    
    
14. THAT students residing in Area A of Figure 01 be permitted to attend the new French Immersion school for French Immersion programming or Pierre Elliot Trudeau F.I. Public School for Extended French Immersion programming effective 2018 July 01, with the understanding that transportation will not be provided until such time as a new Belmont School is opened.

* Minutes of the February 27 Board meeting to be approved on March 27, 2018

1 - Attendance area for the new French Immersion Public School, located at 45885 Sparta Line, St. Thomas

2 - French Immersion attendance area for Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School

3 - Grade 8 French Immersion attendance area for Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School for the 2018 2019 school year only 

4 - Extended French Immersion attendance area for Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School 

5 - Upon the opening of new Belmont Public School, the proposed Area A French Immersion attendance area adjustments to Princess Anne French Immersion Public School and Princess Elizabeth Public School 

6 - Upon the opening of new Belmont Public School, the proposed Area A Extended French Immersion attendance area adjustments to Louise Arbour French Immersion Public School and Princess Elizabeth Public School