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The District asked representatives of important stakeholder groups to participate on a working committee. This committee will provide feedback as we develop several options for a community-driven strategy for the Britannia area. The working committee includes:
The committees will meet between October 2016 and February 2017 to develop a plan. In spring 2017, the plan will be presented at a public meeting for feedback from the community.
In this final meeting of the Britannia area working committee, concepts were reviewed for any minor changes. The Committee planned the presentation and breakout sessions for the public meeting on March 8, 2017.
In December, the Britannia area committee asked the architect to develop three different concepts. These concepts were reviewed at the fifth committee meeting in January. The concept plans will be revised to reflect committee feedback, including a fourth concept, and reviewed again in mid-February. Final concepts will be shared for public feedback in early March 2017.
The committee discussed the following questions:
The meeting included discussion around District programs and how they are distributed. We also took a look at how Kindergarten-Grade 9 schools benefit students in our District. The Britannia committee asked the architect to develop three different concepts. These plans will be reviewed by the committee in late January and again in mid-February. Final concepts will be shared with the public for feedback in March 2017.
Britannia Meeting Information Package
School Building Assessments
The committee reviewed data to get a better understanding of the students and the community that the schools serve. Committee members looked at the data and identified trends or information relevant to our process, as well as other ideas not provided in the data. This information will be used in our next meeting, December 13, 2016, to form new concepts to share with the community in March 2017.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the site evaluation/building considerations survey. The survey is now closed. This information will be used to form new concepts to share with the community in March 2017.
Committee members toured Major-General Grisebach School (a replacenment school built in 2012) and Balwin School (built in 1960 and fully modernized in 2006).
These tours showed committee members the possibilities available in a new construction project compared to the possibilities and/or limitations of modernizing an existing building. The committee will use this knowledge to develop potential concepts for the area.
Photos from Major-General Griesbach School Tour
Photos from Balwin School Tour
Replacement Schools and Modernizations Overview
At the first meeting for the Britannia community, committee members:
This helped committee members get a better understanding of how each school in the Britannia consultation area was assessed last spring by an independent company to determine how much work each school needs.
Britannia feedback - May 2016 meeting
Britannia Working Committee Purpose and Structure
Capital Planning Process
Edmonton Public Schools Planning Principles