May 27, 2011: Halton District School Board Trustees will have a first look at a report on Oakville secondary school boundaries at their June 1 Board meeting.  Following that review, Trustees will set aside Tuesday, June 14 as a "Special Delegation Night" to hear any delegations on the matter before the report comes back to the Board on June 15 for decision.

The subject of Board Report 11090, entitled “SRA (Secondary Review Area) 103”, is secondary school boundaries within Oakville. Specifically, the report deals with the boundary review process for the new Oakville high school currently under construction at 2820 Westoak Trails Blvd. 

Members of the Boundary Review Committee and Boundary Review Steering Committee have met regularly for the past several months to explore and assess all possible boundary scenarios. The report reflects the ideas and suggestions of the committee.

The Boundary Review Committee includes two parent representatives each from Palermo, Captain R. Wilson, Emily Carr, Forest Trail, West Oak, Heritage Glen, Pilgrim Wood, Abbey Lane public schools, and Abbey Park, White Oaks and TA Blakelock high schools, as well as the elected trustees for the respective area(s).

As per the Board’s by-laws, there will be a maximum of 25 delegations at the June 14, 2011 meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. at the J.W. Singleton Education Centre, located at 2050 Guelph Line in Burlington.

Delegations will follow the same process as for Board meetings, with the deadline to register as a delegate being noon on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.  Delegation requests should be sent via email to Gail Gortmaker, Manager, Director's Office, at [ mailto:gortmakerg@hdsb.ca ]gortmakerg@hdsb.ca. Depending on the number of delegations registered for June 14, the Board reserves the right to move the delegations to Wednesday, June 15 as part of the Board meeting agenda. 

The Board’s delegations by-law can be found on the Board website at www.hdsb.ca under “Boardroom & Trustees”.

For a copy of Report 11090, please visit the Halton District School Board website: [ http://www.hdsb.ca/ ]www.hdsb.ca and select June 1, 2011 Agenda Package under Boardroom & Trustees > Board Agenda & Minutes.

NOTE: To view Halton District School Board's Delegation By-law, click here


For additional information, contact:
     Don Vrooman, Chair
     Halton District School Board
     (905) 335-3663, ext. 3296, Toll free: 1 877 618-3456