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Home > Schools and Areas > Area Offices > Area V During the past school year, two meetings were held with school council members and other stakeholders to review student accommodation issues in the Sundance Community. Most recently, a meeting was held with school council members and parents at both Fish Creek Elementary School and Sundance Elementary School on February 7, 2006.
Scenario Development Team Meeting #1 Summary On March 16, 2006, a meeting of the Scenario Development team was held at the Area V office at Haysboro Centre to begin work on the creation of scenarios for student accommodation in the Sundance community. Among the parents and community members who were invited to participate in the Scenario Development Team, twenty-one people attended the meeting as members of the created team. Naomi Johnson, Director of Area V, facilitated the meeting and reviewed the purpose of the Scenario Development Team as part of the Calgary Board of Education’s Administrative Regulation 1090- Long Range Student Accommodation Planning Process. As part of the agenda for the evening, Naomi Johnson and a representative of the department of Community Engagement and Operational Planning reviewed the Administrative Regulation 1090- Long Range Student Accommodation Planning Process in its entirety. Also as part of this first meeting, the Scenario Development Team worked together to establish “understandings” and “values” that would guide the work of the team. These “understandings” and “values” are included on the presentation that is available on this website. An Area V principal relayed information that formed a part of the communication history and is included as part of this summary. Scenario Development Team Meeting # 2 Summary On April 5, 2006, a second meeting of the Scenario Development team was held at the Area V office at Haysboro Centre to continue work on the creation of scenarios for student accommodation in the Sundance community. Among the parents, community members and school based administrators who were invited to participate in the Scenario Development Team, nineteen people attended the meeting as members of the created team. Naomi Johnson, Director of Area V, facilitated the meeting and reviewed again the purpose of the Scenario Development Team as part of the Calgary Board of Education's Administrative Regulation 1090- Long Range Student Accommodation Planning Process. Also as part of this second meeting, Naomi Johnson reviewed the "understandings" and "values" that would guide the work of the team. This information was gathered with the work of the team from the previous meeting. During this meeting a member of the Community Engagement and Operational Planning department presented information to address questions generated from the previous meeting held on March 16, 2006. This presentation is available on this website. The Scenario Development team generated much conversation and questions regarding the new information presented and also requested information to be made available for the next meeting scheduled for April 12, 2006. At the conclusion of the meeting, Naomi Johnson summarized the meeting and reviewed the work that would occur at the April 12, 2006 meeting. It was decided that the Scenario Development team members would review the data from this meeting and begin thinking about possible scenarios to address the student accommodation issues in the Sundance community. The focus of the next meeting would be to review any generated scenarios and examine possible "opportunities" and "challenges" associated with each scenario. A parent member of the Scenario Development team will also present data on community growth forecasts. Scenario Development Team Meeting # 3 Summary On April 12, 2006, a third meeting of the Scenario Development team was held at the Area V office at Haysboro Centre to continue work on the creation of scenarios for student accommodation in the Sundance community. Among the parents, community members and school based administrators who were invited to participate in the Scenario Development Team, twenty-one people attended the meeting as members of the created team. Naomi Johnson, Director of Area V, facilitated the meeting. During this meeting a member of the Community Engagement and Operational Planning department presented information to address questions generated from the previous meeting held on April 5, 2006. This presentation is available on this website. Also, a member of the Scenario Development team presented information on community growth forecasts. The Scenario Development team generated much conversation and questions regarding the new information presented and also requested data to be made available in support of newly created scenarios for the next meeting scheduled for April 20th, 2006. At the conclusion of the meeting, Naomi Johnson summarized the meeting and reviewed the work that would occur at the April 20th, 2006 meeting. The focus of the next meeting would be to review the data supporting the generated scenarios and examine possible “opportunities” and “challenges” associated with each scenario. Due to a significant conflict at Fish Creek Elementary, the April 20th meeting was rescheduled to Tuesday, May 9, 2006. Scenario Development Team Meeting # 4 Summary On May 9, 2006, a fourth meeting of the Scenario Development team was held at the Area V office at Haysboro Centre to continue work on the creation of scenarios for student accommodation in the Sundance community and also to review the “Opportunities and Challenges” associated with each scenario. Among the parents, community members and school based administrators who were invited to participate in the Scenario Development Team, twenty-two people attended the meeting as members of the created team. Sydney Smith, System Principal, Community Engagement and Operational Planning, facilitated the meeting. During this meeting a member of the Community Engagement and Operational Planning department presented data to support scenarios developed at the April 12, 2006 meeting. This presentation is available on this website. The Scenario Development team generated much conversation and questions regarding the new data presented and also requested further data to be made available for the next meeting scheduled for May 15, 2006. Twenty-one scenarios were developed at the April 12th meeting and the group identified “Opportunities and Challenges” for each of these scenarios. The Scenario Development Team requested that out of these twenty-one scenarios, only scenarios 1, 4, 8, 18 and 19 were to be further considered and discussed at the next meeting scheduled for May 15, 2006. At the conclusion of the meeting, Sydney Smith summarized the meeting and reviewed the work that would occur at the ¬next meeting. It was decided that the Scenario Development team members would review the data from this meeting and begin thinking about further possible scenarios to address the student accommodation issues in the Sundance community. The focus of the next meeting would be to review any generated scenarios and examine possible “opportunities” and “challenges” associated with each scenario. Scenario Development Team Meeting # 5 Summary On May 15, 2006, a fifth meeting of the Scenario Development team was held at the Area V office at Haysboro Centre to continue work on the creation and evaluation of scenarios for student accommodation in the Sundance community and also to review the “Opportunities and Challenges” associated with each scenario. Among the parents, community members and school based administrators who were invited to participate in the Scenario Development Team, nineteen people attended the meeting as members of the created team. Naomi Johnson, Area V Director and Sydney Smith, System Principal, Community Engagement and Operational Planning, facilitated the meeting. A member of the Community Engagement and Operational Planning department presented information around five scenarios that were generated at the previous meeting. This presentation is available on this website. The Scenario Development team generated much conversation and questions regarding the new data presented and also generated “Opportunities and Challenges” for each of these scenarios. This information is also presented on this website. At the conclusion of the meeting, Naomi Johnson summarized the meeting and reviewed the work that would occur in the future. It was decided that the Scenario Development team would reconvene in the fall of 2006 and re-examine these scenarios for possible implementation for the 2007/2008 school term. There will also be a communication plan forthcoming around this accommodation issue.
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