PETITION TO KEEP BARRIE CENTRAL COLLEGIATE OPEN
Petition Started: October 14, 2014
To the Honourable Liz Sandals, Ontario Minster of Education
And to Kathi Wallce, Director of Education for the Simcoe County District School Board.
WE THE STUDENTS,
PARENTS AND CITY OF BARRIE COMMUNITY DEMAND THAT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IMMEDIATELY FORCE THE SIMCOE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD (SCDSB) TO RESCIND ITS DECISION TO CLOSE
BARRIE CENTRAL COLLEGIATE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016. OUR REASONS FOR DEMANDING THIS
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
#1-Under the Ontario Places to Grow ActS.O. 2005, CHAPTER 13Barrie Central Collegiate is within
the downtown core of Barrie, a location deemed an Urban Growth Centre under the
Act. As further evidenced by The City of
Barrie under motion # 11-G-019 February 7, 2011 Section 2 and City of Barrie
Staff Report IDC003-11. By choosing to close Barrie Central , the SCDSB is ACTING CONTRARY to this Act.
#2-TheSCDSB is acting contrary to the City of Barrie By-Law # 2013-183 Section 4 a) that requires a Secondary School remain on the site described in the By-Law, namely lands known as Barrie Central Collegiate.
#3-The Simcoe County District School Board has relied
heavily on the opening of the new South Barrie Secondary School in September
2016 as part of the reason for closing Barrie Central. This opening will NOT take place due to
several OMB hearings, rezoning, planning act decisions and building permit and
other causes to delay the opening. A
more feasible opening will be September 2018-2020 as evidenced in City of
Barrie Staff Report IDC003-11 Section 33. This will force the current population of
Central into the already significantly overcrowded remaining 4 Secondary
Schools in Barrie with a requirement of no less than an additional 26 portables
to be added to these schools. . As
evidenced in City of Barrie Staff Report IDC003-11 Section 34. This will without a doubt put undue stress on
students and teachers in the learning environment.
#4 We also Request that the Minister of Education initiate an administrative review of the Accommodation Review Commitee (ARC) process. We feel that the ARC is not yet completed based on no less then two points
a) The term "viable financial partnership" as laid out in #SB-2011-05-31-106 was met.
b)That the Board upon finding this partnership did not submit a capital priorities business case as laid out in #SB-2011-05-31-107
c)That the board failed to fulfill the obligation for quarterly updates as set out in #SB-2011-05-31-110.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
November 8, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
October 16, 2014
October 13, 2014
I am watching the count tick up and honestly my heart is pounding because we are getting so close to that hundred mark which feels like a real foundation for the pressure we need to apply. If you could just grab a few people you know and get them on board right now it would change the whole momentum of this fight before the board members start ignoring us again.
19 Comments
Barrie needs a downtown school to maintain future growth of the city. Past boards have said there is no growth happening in the down town area. This is soon to change and not only will they need the new South Barrie High School but they will ALSO need Central Collegiate to be up and running and MAINTAINED properly by a responsible school board.
This school needs to be left running, and repaired/rebuilt. Shutting it down and sending out kids to Barrie North Collegiate is just going to over crowd and already crowded barrie north!!!!!!
Minister Sandal and Premier Wynne please stop hiding behind compliant school boards and start listening to the electorate. The education funding system is broken. Schools are the heart of a community and encouraging a US style bused, mega-school system just does not work.
Lets stop tearing down our history in Barrie. I'm sure it would cost more to build a new school and bus all the students to their new school
I am a current student learning at Barrie central. It breaks my heart that I will have to stop attending it at the end of grade 11.
We need this school and/or the Auditorium
Student of BDCI
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PETITION TO KEEP BARRIE CENTRAL COLLEGIATE OPEN
Petition Started: October 14, 2014
To the Honourable Liz Sandals, Ontario Minster of Education
And to Kathi Wallce, Director of Education for the Simcoe County District School Board.
WE THE STUDENTS,
PARENTS AND CITY OF BARRIE COMMUNITY DEMAND THAT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IMMEDIATELY FORCE THE SIMCOE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD (SCDSB) TO RESCIND ITS DECISION TO CLOSE
BARRIE CENTRAL COLLEGIATE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016. OUR REASONS FOR DEMANDING THIS
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
#1-Under the Ontario Places to Grow ActS.O. 2005, CHAPTER 13Barrie Central Collegiate is within
the downtown core of Barrie, a location deemed an Urban Growth Centre under the
Act. As further evidenced by The City of
Barrie under motion # 11-G-019 February 7, 2011 Section 2 and City of Barrie
Staff Report IDC003-11. By choosing to close Barrie Central , the SCDSB is ACTING CONTRARY to this Act.
#2-TheSCDSB is acting contrary to the City of Barrie By-Law # 2013-183 Section 4 a) that requires a Secondary School remain on the site described in the By-Law, namely lands known as Barrie Central Collegiate.
#3-The Simcoe County District School Board has relied
heavily on the opening of the new South Barrie Secondary School in September
2016 as part of the reason for closing Barrie Central. This opening will NOT take place due to
several OMB hearings, rezoning, planning act decisions and building permit and
other causes to delay the opening. A
more feasible opening will be September 2018-2020 as evidenced in City of
Barrie Staff Report IDC003-11 Section 33. This will force the current population of
Central into the already significantly overcrowded remaining 4 Secondary
Schools in Barrie with a requirement of no less than an additional 26 portables
to be added to these schools. . As
evidenced in City of Barrie Staff Report IDC003-11 Section 34. This will without a doubt put undue stress on
students and teachers in the learning environment.
#4 We also Request that the Minister of Education initiate an administrative review of the Accommodation Review Commitee (ARC) process. We feel that the ARC is not yet completed based on no less then two points
a) The term "viable financial partnership" as laid out in #SB-2011-05-31-106 was met.
b)That the Board upon finding this partnership did not submit a capital priorities business case as laid out in #SB-2011-05-31-107
c)That the board failed to fulfill the obligation for quarterly updates as set out in #SB-2011-05-31-110.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
November 8, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
October 16, 2014
October 13, 2014
I am watching the count tick up and honestly my heart is pounding because we are getting so close to that hundred mark which feels like a real foundation for the pressure we need to apply. If you could just grab a few people you know and get them on board right now it would change the whole momentum of this fight before the board members start ignoring us again.
19 Comments
I am a grad of BCC in 1980. I grew up in shanty bay. The education from central allowed me to carry on further studies at Fanshaw college in London and later operate a restaurant in Barrie for many years. A big thank you to Mr Mossop, Janet Turner and Betty Veitch for their mentorship during my high school years.
Barrie needs a downtown school to maintain future growth of the city. Past boards have said there is no growth happening in the down town area. This is soon to change and not only will they need the new South Barrie High School but they will ALSO need Central Collegiate to be up and running and MAINTAINED properly by a responsible school board.
This school needs to be left running, and repaired/rebuilt. Shutting it down and sending out kids to Barrie North Collegiate is just going to over crowd and already crowded barrie north!!!!!!
Minister Sandal and Premier Wynne please stop hiding behind compliant school boards and start listening to the electorate. The education funding system is broken. Schools are the heart of a community and encouraging a US style bused, mega-school system just does not work.
Lets stop tearing down our history in Barrie. I'm sure it would cost more to build a new school and bus all the students to their new school
I am a current student learning at Barrie central. It breaks my heart that I will have to stop attending it at the end of grade 11.
We need this school and/or the Auditorium
Student of BDCI
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I am a grad of BCC in 1980. I grew up in shanty bay. The education from central allowed me to carry on further studies at Fanshaw college in London and later operate a restaurant in Barrie for many years. A big thank you to Mr Mossop, Janet Turner and Betty Veitch for their mentorship during my high school years.