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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday February 4, 2009 - 5 School board trying to accommodate demand for French immersion Continued from page 2 RONNIE & THE ROCKETS LIVE @ LESS THAN LEVEL Friday February 6, 2009 $ * Brendan Wood International Survey. Institutional Equity Research, Sales and Trading Performance in Canada, 2007 Report. If you are already a client of BMO Nesbitt Burns, please contact your Investment Advisor for more information. ® "BMO (M-bar roundel symbol)" is a registered trade-mark of Bank of Montreal, used under licence. ® "Nesbitt Burns" is a registered trade-mark of BMO Nesbitt Burns Corporation Limited, used under licence. TM/® Trade-marks / registered trade-marks of Bank of Montreal, used under license. 2009 number of kids moved is 339, but that is a lot of kids considering we haven't resolved the fundamental issue in Halton of how we are going to build these schools and these programs.... It seems none of these options offer the long-term sustainability that the community asked us for," she said. Oakville trustee Philippa Ellis asked if it was possible to leave the overcrowding situation at Ecole Forest Trail for another year. There are currently more than 800 students attending the school, which has a capacity of 552. Steven Parfeniuk, superintendent of business services with the school board, said that the number of Grade 1 registrations for French immersion in Ward 4 for fall 2009 is close to 200 students. If all of these students attended Ecole Forest Trail, more portables would have to be added to the already 15 portables on site, said Parfeniuk. "We're forecasting that the (Grade 1) French immersion population between Ecole Forest Trail and Pilgrim Wood (if approved as dual track) next year will be in the 170180 range, so that would require that we find a place for those students and that would require nine more portables," he said. Ellis also enquired about the recommendation that the school board implement a boundary study if either of the dualtrack schools in Ward 4 Oakville exceed a 60 per cent threshold for French immersion enrolment. This recommendation was a point of contention for many Pilgrim Wood parents at delegation night. They expressed fear of their school becoming a single-track French immersion facility if the 60 per cent threshold was exceeded. Joudrie said that scenario is not the intention. "The intent behind this was at a number, and we chose 60 per cent, that at that point in time, intelligent people that know that community, a.k.a., school council and parents and the principal, will sit down and study the issue with Steve (Parfeniuk) and our planning staff and say where are these kids coming from, what other options do we have that make sense and how can we accommodate what appears to be an imbalance that may be overwhelming a particular school," he said. "A lot of different things can happen as a result." Two possible outcomes Joudrie suggested were leaving the situation as is, if possible, or opening a dual track program at another local school. "This was never meant to be a slick way of getting around PARC (Program and Accommodation Review Committee) process, where now you've only got 40 per cent and we can do whatever we want," he said. Joudrie also said that based on forecasted enrolment numbers for 2013 at Pilgrim Wood and Palermo, there would have to be a significant increase in French immersion enrolment before the 60 per cent threshold would be reached. The enrolment fore- cast for 2013 shows 358 English students and 299 French immersion students for Pilgrim Wood, and 467 English students and 254 French immersion students for Palermo. SANTOS FC ONTARIO Learn to play like the Brazilians! International Soccer Academy! Professional Coaching! Year round training! International Tournaments! And much more!! 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