Elk Island Public Schools invited all parents/guardians, students, staff, and interested community members to provide feedback on the proposed Bruderheim boundary options at one of two open house sessions.

Bruderheim School 
November 6 or 7 
5:00-8:00 p.m.

These events followed a drop-in format, allowing participants to review and provide written feedback about the strengths and challenges of six proposed Bruderheim boundary map options (three elementary options and three junior/senior high options). Feedback on the options was collected using both paper and online surveys. A total of 56 surveys were completed (paper: 26 completed; online: 30 completed).

We invite you to review the thematic summary of the feedback collected through the paper and online surveys. This summary will be included in the complete Board Report presented at the December 19 Board Meeting, and trustees have also received a verbatim copy of all feedback collected.

Who Is Affected?

Some students attending the following schools are affected by one or more of the proposed options brought forward for feedback:

     Bruderheim School
     Fort Saskatchewan Elementary
     Fort Saskatchewan High
     Lamont High
     Rudolph Hennig Junior High

What about grandfathering?

Most of the current and proposed elementary and junior/senior high boundary maps included within this review span portions of both Lamont County and Strathcona County. To make it easier for parents and the community to review and interpret these boundaries, we have created a combined Lamont County/Strathcona County boundary map.

Please refer to our current Lamont County/rural Strathcona County combined boundary maps to compare them to the proposed options.

Option 1: Enlarging the Bruderheim School Elementary Boundary Along the Western and Southern Borders

Key Features:

• Expands the Bruderheim School boundary to encompass some of the land currently included within the boundary of Fort Saskatchewan Elementary (northeast section of Fort Saskatchewan Elementary boundary, east of RR 215 and following the existing southern boundary of Fort Saskatchewan Elementary between Township Roads 542 and 544).
• The total number of students impacted by the changes to boundary lines in this option is 18 or 5.26% of Fort Saskatchewan Elementary's enrolment. (Source: Baragar).
• Requires an additional school bus to be added with a budget implication of $63,000.
• For students living in the affected area and changing schools from Fort Saskatchewan Elementary to Bruderheim School, Student Transportation projects:
  • a maximum ride time of 50 min
  • a minimum ride time of 15 min
  • earliest pick-up time of 7:22 a.m.
  • latest drop off time of 4:00 p.m.
• Currently, students living in the affected area and attending Fort Saskatchewan Elementary have:
  • a maximum ride time of 73 min
  • a minimum ride time of 30 min
  • earliest pick-up time of 7:03 a.m.
  • latest drop off time of 4:31 p.m.
• As the direction of the proposed designated school is opposite from the current designated school, the ride times are better overall but the order the students are being picked up or dropped off will be reversed. If a student was last on the bus, that student will now likely be first on the bus. Conversely if a student was first on, that student may be last on.

Option 1 Proposed Elementary Map 

Option 1 Projected Elementary Enrolments and Utilizations

Option 2: Enlarging the Bruderheim School Elementary Boundary Farther West

Key Features:

• Expands the Bruderheim School boundary to encompass more land currently included within the boundary of Fort Saskatchewan Elementary (northeast section of Fort Saskatchewan Elementary boundary, east of RR 221 and following the same existing southern boundary of Fort Saskatchewan Elementary as in Option 1).
• The total number of students impacted by the changes to boundary lines in this option is 19 or 5.56% of Fort Saskatchewan Elementary's enrolment. (There are also 3 students in this area attending Win Ferguson Elementary.) (Source: Baragar).
• Requires an additional school bus to be added with a budget implication of $63,000.
• For students living in the affected area and changing schools from Fort Saskatchewan Elementary to Bruderheim School, Student Transportation projects:
  • a maximum ride time of 50 min
  • a minimum ride time of 15 min
  • earliest pick-up time of 7:22 a.m.
  • latest drop off time of 4:00 p.m.
• Currently, students living in the affected area and attending Fort Saskatchewan Elementary have:
  • a maximum ride time of 73 min
  • a minimum ride time of 30 min
  • earliest pick-up time of 7:03 a.m.
  • latest drop off time of 4:31 p.m.
• As the direction of the proposed designated school is opposite from the current designated school, the ride times are better overall but the order the students are being picked up or dropped off will be reversed. If a student was last on the bus, that student will now likely be first on the bus. Conversely if a student was first on, that student may be last on.

Option 2 Proposed Elementary Map

Option 2 Projected Elementary Enrolments and Utilizations

Option 3: Current Bruderheim School Boundary

Key Features:

• Maintains the current Bruderheim School elementary boundary. No students would be impacted by this option.
• Two buses are used within the boundary to bring students to Bruderheim School.
• Currently, within this boundary students have:
  • a maximum ride time of 56 min
  • a minimum ride time of 4 min
  • earliest pick-up time of 7:14 a.m.
  • latest drop off time of 4:34 p.m.

Option 3 Maintains Current Elementary Map 

Option 3 Projected Elementary Enrolments and Utilizations

Option 4: Junior and Senior High Student Boundary along the Lamont County Line

Key Features:

• Is not co-terminus with options 1, 2, or 3 of the elementary Bruderheim School attendance boundaries.
• Expands the Lamont High boundary to encompass the Lamont County portion of the Bruderheim School boundary that is not already designated to Lamont High (including the town of Bruderheim). Therefore, the students of Bruderheim School who live within Lamont County are designated to Lamont High for junior and senior high school. Bruderheim School students who live west of the County line are designated to Rudolph Hennig Junior High and Fort Saskatchewan High for their junior and senior high schools, respectively.
• Does not follow a feeder school framework. Some Bruderheim School elementary students would be designated to Lamont High while others would be designated to Rudolph Hennig Junior High and Fort Saskatchewan High.
• The total number of students impacted by the changes to boundary lines in this option is 48 students; 20 (or 3.84%) of Rudolph Hennig Junior High's enrolment and 28 (or 6.28%) of Fort Saskatchewan High's enrolment. (Source: Baragar)
• Requires an additional school bus to be added with a budget implication of $63,000.
• For students living in the affected area and changing schools from Rudolph Hennig Junior High/Fort Saskatchewan High to Lamont High, Student Transportation projects:
  • a maximum ride time of 27 min
  • a minimum ride time of 13 min
  • earliest pick-up time of 8:18 a.m.
  • latest drop off time of 4:02 p.m.
• Currently, students living in the affected area and attending Rudolph Hennig Junior High/Fort Saskatchewan High have:
  • a maximum ride time of 65 min
  • a minimum ride time of 31 min
  • earliest pick-up time of 7:13 a.m.
  • latest drop off time of 4:19 p.m.

Option 4 Proposed Junior/Senior High Map

Option 4 Projected Junior/Senior High Enrolments and Utilizations

Option 5: Co-terminus Junior Senior High Boundary with Current Bruderheim School Elementary Boundary

Key Features:

• Is co-terminus with the current Bruderheim School elementary boundary, with the exception of a small southern section of land in which no students reside.
• Aligns with a feeder school framework if the current Bruderheim elementary boundary is maintained (Option 3). All students living within the current Bruderheim School elementary attendance boundary would have Lamont High as their designated school for junior and senior high.
• The total number of students impacted by the changes to boundary lines in this option is 52 students; 21 (or 4.03%) of Rudolph Hennig Junior High's enrolment and 31 (or 6.95%) of Fort Saskatchewan High's enrolment. (Source: Baragar)
• Requires an additional school bus to be added with a budget implication of $63,000.
• For students living in the affected area and changing schools from Rudolph Hennig Junior High/Fort Saskatchewan High to Lamont High, Student Transportation projects:
  • a maximum ride time of 40 min
  • a minimum ride time of 13 min
  • earliest pick-up time of 7:55 a.m.
  • latest drop off time of 4:15 p.m.
• Currently, students living in the affected area and attending Rudolph Hennig Junior High/Fort Saskatchewan High have:
  • a maximum ride time of 65 min
  • a minimum ride time of 24 min
  • earliest pick-up time of 7:13 a.m.
  • latest drop off time of 4:19 p.m.

Option 5 Proposed Junior/Senior High Map

Option 5 Projected Junior/Senior High Enrolments and Utilizations

Option 6: Current Junior and Senior Boundary

Key Features:

• Maintains the current junior and senior boundaries with most of the Bruderheim School elementary students being designated to Rudolph Hennig Junior High and Fort Saskatchewan High. A small eastern section of the current area is designated to Lamont High.
• Does not follow a feeder school framework.
• In the portion of the current Bruderheim School boundary area that coincides with the Lamont High boundary, there are 22 students currently attending Lamont High and riding the bus. These students are transported on 2 buses that are also used to transport an additional 40 students (31 attend Lamont High and 9 attend Lamont Elementary).
• In the portion of the current Bruderheim School boundary area that coincides with the Rudolph Hennig Junior High/Fort Saskatchewan High boundary, there are 63 students currently attending Rudolph Hennig Junior High/Fort Saskatchewan High and riding the bus. Sixty of these students are transported on 2 buses that are also used to transport an additional 26 students (21 attend the Catholic schools in Fort Saskatchewan, 3 attend Fort Saskatchewan Elementary, and 2 attend Win Ferguson Elementary). The remaining three students attending Rudolph Hennig Junior High/Fort Saskatchewan High are transported on a third bus picking up students from outside this boundary area.
• Currently, students living within the Bruderheim School boundary and attending Rudolph Hennig Junior High/Fort Saskatchewan High for junior and senior high have:
  • a maximum ride time of 86 min
  • a minimum ride time of 25 min
  • earliest pick-up time of 6:52 a.m.
  • latest drop off time of 4:43 p.m.

Option 6 Maintains the Current Junior/Senior High Map

Option 6 Projected Junior/Senior High Enrolments and Utilizations