School Boundary Review
February 5, 2025 Update
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We continue to work toward the building of a new elementary school in Millbrook, with 481 elementary student spaces and 73 licensed child care spaces, in the 鈥楬ighlands of Millbrook鈥� subdivision located at Fallis Lane & County Road 10.
Thank you to all the families and community members who attended the school boundary meeting in November. Last evening, school board staff brought an update to the Board鈥檚 Resource Committee meeting, reviewing the feedback from that meeting and the online submissions.
The report noted that:
- community feedback strongly supports a JK to Grade 8 model due to the benefits of fewer transitions, stronger peer and staff relationships, leadership opportunities for older students, and community continuity.
- A large portion of feedback focused on the impact of boundary changes on North Cavan PS. Many families are concerned with the proposed boundary adjustments that could split up established friend groups or require children to switch schools鈥� mid-way through their elementary years. Many families requested that current North Cavan PS students receive legacy status, allowing them to finish at their current school and continue to Crestwood for Grades 7 to 12, rather than being moved to the new school, and then transitioning to Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute (CVI).
- although not presented as an option, a significant number of respondents suggested an alternative model where one school serves JK to Grade 3 and the other serves Grades 4 to 8. This approach is advocated to keep friend groups together, allow each school to specialize in early years versus junior/intermediate years, and avoid dividing the community by neighborhood boundaries.
Administration continues to review the feedback that was received, along with continuing to explore other areas that require further consideration.
As part of the build process, the board also continues to work through the process to finalize a purchase and sale agreement for the school property.听
To allow additional time to consider the feedback, refine the concepts and complete the land acquisition process, the board is pausing the boundary process in the short term. As a result, the previously scheduled next boundary meeting of February 26, 2026 meeting will be postponed to a later date.
A full summary of the community engagement feedback, along with further information on enrolment projections, and proposed boundary adjustments for the 鈥楬ighlands of Millbrook鈥� neighbourhood school and other area schools, is available on the website.
A summary of the feedback received at the School Design Preview Meeting on November 4, 2025 and through the online feedback form is also Thank you to everyone who participated in that process.
We will continue to provide updates to families as we work through this exciting project, and we appreciate your continued support of local school communities.听
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Sincerely,
Jodi Sepkowski听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听Glen Payne
Superintendent of Education听 听 听 听 Superintendent of Education
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February 4, 2025 Resource Committee Update
Highlands Of Millbrook Boundary Review Feedback Summary
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Learn more about the Boundary Review Process, and access the background study, proposed concepts and maps.
School Preview Meeting
