Presentation - School District #62: Long Range Facilities Plan 2018 Update

Contents / Overview

• The Sooke School District
• School capacities
• Building condition
• Community growth prospects
• Overall enrolment forecast
• Enrolment for selected schools
• Baseline capacity utilization
• Utilization analysis for emerging plan
• Plan for secondary schools
• Plan for middle schools
• Plan for elementary schools
• Plan for Westshore elementary schools
• Preliminary building project priorities

The Sooke School District

Flow of students

• Junior middle school (Grade 6-8) grade configuration
• 18 elementary schools serving K-5
• 4 middle schools serving Grade 6-8
• 3 secondary schools serving Grade 9-12
• Total of 24 schools (John Stubbs is counted twice)
• Three families focused on secondary schools
• 5 French Immersion schools including single track John Stubbs
• New schools will change things

Operational capacities

Operational capacity blends 25 students for Grade 4-7, 21 students for Grade 1-3 and 19 students for Kindergarten.

• Royal Bay Secondary has not been expanded by 600 spaces as it is in analysis of future capacity utilization
• Port Renfrew excluded from analysis of future capacity utilization
• Capacities include modular classrooms but exclude portable classrooms
• Capacities exclude classrooms used for StrongStart
• John Stubbs includes 275 middle spaces

School capacities (Operational, 2017 enrolment, utilization, portables)

Community growth prospects

• No significant impediments to growth
• Major new roads have been completed
• Land available
• Sewer limitations in Sooke and Colwood
• Average of 942 units per year over last 10 years

Estimates of future housing units

• Municipality development totals (by SD / TH / AP) and annual averages are summarized for Langford, Colwood, Sooke, Other (Highlands, Metchosin, Juan de Fuca) and Total SSD.
• Total, SSD: 10,800 total units; SD 4,300; TH 2,560; AP 3,940
• Annual average: 982 (391 SD, 233 TH, 358 AP)
• Average of 942 units per year over last 10 years

(For full detail, see the table/chart on the page)

Overall enrolment forecast

• Continuation of status quo for each school
• No capacity constraints
• Enrolment forecasts for 12 of the highest growth schools follow on the next three slides

Selected school forecasts (examples)

Belmont Secondary (Adjusted, Baragar) — charted 2013–2028

Spencer Middle (Adjusted, Baragar) — charted 2013–2028

Happy Valley Elementary (Adjusted, Baragar) — charted 2013–2028

Lakewood Elementary (Adjusted, Baragar) — charted 2013–2028

Willway Elementary (Adjusted, Baragar) — charted 2013–2028

Baseline capacity utilization

• Challenge is to provide nearly 4,400 spaces over the next few years. This includes the 600 spaces approved for the Royal Bay expansion.
• The charts exclude the Royal Bay expansion.

(Charts show utilization percentages and projected additional spaces required by sector for 2018, 2023, 2028.)

Plan for secondary schools (Langford)

• Expand Royal Bay Secondary by 600 spaces, creating temporary relief for Belmont
• Build a new secondary school in the Westshore area with an initial capacity of 800 spaces and substantial expansion capability. Acquiring a site for this large project is a high priority.

Plan for middle schools (Langford)

• Build a new 700-space middle school in the West Langford area. This site, which will be shared with a new elementary, has been acquired.
• Modernize and expand Spencer Middle.

Plan for elementary schools (Langford)

• Build a new 396-space North Langford Elementary on a new site that has been acquired.
• Replace Millstream Elementary with a new and larger school.
• Build a new 396-space West Langford Elementary on an already acquired site to be shared with the new middle school.
• Build a new 396-space South Langford Elementary on a new site in the process of being selected.
• Replace Savory Elementary with a new and larger school.
• Modernize Willway, Ruth King, elementary schools.

Preliminary building project priorities

Top priorities

• Build the new middle school and the new West Langford Elementary on a site already acquired.
• Acquire a site and build the new South Langford Elementary.
• Replace Millstream Elementary with a new and larger school.
• Build the new Sooke River Elementary on a site already acquired.
• Build the new North Langford Elementary on a site already acquired.
• Acquire a site for a new secondary school in North Langford.