Regardless of whether you’re directly connected to the French Immersion program or not, the outcome of the current French Immersion programming public engagement could affect your current or future school. The options Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) is considering could impact one or more other schools and programs in Sherwood Park and Strathcona County. EIPS encourages you to be part of the conversation.

Before beginning the survey, you may wish to review the background information available on the Division website at www.eips.ca—including general background information, a Q&A document, facts and figures, and What We Heard reports from all previous phases of the engagement process. This information may be particularly helpful for families and staff who haven’t been involved in the consultation before now. For ease of reference while you’re responding, applicable links are also provided in the body of the survey.

Embedded within the survey, Sandra Stoddard, Associate Superintendent, Supports for Students, will present a number of video segments explaining the background of the consultation; what the Division cannot consider in determining the best possible option; a review of each of the three proposed options; and a conclusion.

As previously shared, consultation to this point has focused on families and staff directly connected to the French Immersion program—in Fort Saskatchewan, Ardrossan and Sherwood Park. The Division is expanding its consultation to families and staff in other specialized and regular programs in Sherwood Park because two of the potential solutions presented may affect EIPS boundaries and programming throughout Strathcona County.

The deadline to complete the survey is Thursday, July 13. It’s recommended you set aside a minimum of 30 minutes to watch the videos and provide your feedback. Any time before pushing the “Submit Feedback” button, you can go back and edit your responses if you wish. To ensure you’ve submitted all your feedback for consideration, be sure to click “Submit Feedback” on the final page.

Once the survey closes, the Division will send all the data to a third-party consultant who’ll spend the summer analyzing your feedback and developing a report for the EIPS Board of Trustees to review in the fall.

NOTE: The survey link is unique to each email address. Only one response per link will be included in the data collected.

Thank you for your participation in this important engagement.