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In March 2018, the Board received Ministry funding for a new 900-pupil place secondary school in Guelph. The Board had previously purchased a school site at the northwest corner of Arkell Road and Victoria Road in the south end of Guelph. The new secondary school is forecasted to open for the 2026/27 school year and will aid in accommodating the forecasted growth in the area and alleviate current enrolment pressures from the existing secondary schools in Guelph.

To establish a boundary for the new school, Board staff are conducting a boundary review for the new Guelph Secondary School, which commenced in the Fall of 2024. The boundary review process will consider the current attendance areas of the existing secondary schools to determine from which areas students will be assigned to the new school. A Boundary Review is a staff administrative process that provides the structure for reviewing a variety of accommodation options for resolving an issue with overcapacity or underutilized schools or when determining a new school boundary. Policy 320 – School Boundary Review

The process will involve the following schools:

• Centennial CVI

• Guelph CVI

• John F Ross CVI 

• All Associated Elementary Schools

Any approved changes are expected to be implemented for the 2026-2027 school year.

Note: For more details of each option and information about the boundary review, please see Report (3) link below.

• Have your say with the New Guelph SS Boundary Review Options SURVEY (closes Mar.21.2025)

• Email your comments to planning.info@ugdsb.on.ca Please note that while all emails received during the public process are reviewed by staff, individual responses will not be provided.

• There will be an Opportunity for delegations (click here for procedure) at both Board and Finance & Facilities Committee meetings noted below.

• Two Public Information Sessions have been held as follows:

  • February 19, 2025 at Centennial CVI from 5:30-7:30pm in the Cafeteria.

  • March 6, 2025 at JF Ross CVI from 5:30-7:30pm in the Cafeteria.

All comments and feedback received during this process will be presented to Trustees for their consideration.  Please be advised any feedback received through this process will become part of a public record redacted for any identifying or improper content.

• An online look up tool to check your address to see whether it is included in any of the 7 proposed boundary options for the new school.  The Boundary Review Option Viewer tool works by either selecting the location of your address on the map or by entering an address field.

NOTE: French Immersion students in Grade 8 who are not continuing in FI should use their Regular Track School to determine secondary school attendance. You can use the School Locator to determine this if unknown. Those students who proceed in FI will continue to attend JF Ross CVI (no boundary changes).

New Guelph Secondary School

Current Status of Guelph Secondary Schools

• Finance & Facilities Committee Meeting: April 16, 2024 at 7pm

  • Presentation of Initial Boundary Review Report

• Board Meeting: May 14, 2024 at 7pm

  • Receive Initial Boundary Review Report

• Finance & Facilities Committee Meeting: September 17, 2024 at 7pm

  • Presentation of Boundary Review Report Recommending the Commencement of Boundary Review Process

• Board Meeting: October 8, 2024 at 7pm

  • Decision to Commence Boundary Review Process

• Finance & Facilities Committee: February 11, 2025

  • Presentation of Boundary Review Options Report

• Board Meeting: February 25, 2025 at 7pm

  • Receive Boundary Review Options Reports

• Finance & Facilities Committee: June 17, 2025

  • Presentation of Boundary Review Option Recommendation Report

• Board Meeting: June/September 2025

  • Decision on Boundary Review

• Report (3) - Description of Boundary Options (Feb.11.2025)

• Presentation - to Trustees at Finance & Facilities Committee (Feb.11.2025)

• Notice - Boundary Options Released (Feb.6.2025)

• FI Schools Notice - Initiation & Board Resolution of Boundary Review (Nov.20.2024)

• Notice - Board Resolution of Boundary Review Initiation (Oct.11.2024)

• Notice - Initiation of Boundary Review (Sep.23.2024)

• Report (2) - Initiation of Boundary Review (Sep.17.2024)

• Report (1) - Advisement of Boundary Review in Fall 2024 (Apr.16.2024)

Overseeing the boundary review process is the staff Boundary Review Committee which is comprised of the following;

• Appropriate Executive Committee member(s)

• Superintendent(s) of Education for the schools in the area under review

• Planning department representative(s)

• Facility Services representative(s)

• Principals of the schools included in the boundary review

• Service de transport de Wellington- Dufferin Student Transportation Services representative(s)

• Communications department representative(s)

• People, Leadership and Culture department representative(s)

• Other staff as needed, i.e. Student Support and Program Services representative(s).