Memos sent to parents and guardians of schools within the Waterford Valley High system can be viewed below:

• Memo to Families - Results of the March 28 Board Meeting; St. Mary's to Remain Status Quo (28/03/2020) (PDF)
• Memo to Families - Updated SME Presentation/ New Survey Launched (02/03/2020) (PDF)
• Memo to St. Mary's Elementary and Hazelwood Elementary Families - Release of ThoughtExchange Report and Next Steps (06/12/2019) (PDF)
• Memo to St. Mary's Elementary Families (19/11/2019) (PDF)
• Memo to Hazelwood Elementary Families (19/11/2019) (PDF)
• Memo to Families - Initial Advisory of School Review Process (21/06/2019) (PDF)

In the interest of informing school community discussion around the system review, the District released its Information Booklet for the Waterford Valley High school system on November 19.

• Information Booklet (19/11/2019) (PDF)

District staff released an updated presentation outlining the options being considered for adjustment to the St. Mary's Elementary school community on March 2, 2020 following the first round of consultations held in November.

reviously, District staff met with the administrators and representatives of the School Councils for St. Mary's Elementary (October 30, 2019) and Hazelwood Elementary (November 4th). Preliminary information was shared with the two school councils during these meetings and the District presentation can be accessed through the link below.

During these meetings, the possibility of changing the catchment area and grade configuration of St. Mary's Elementary was discussed as well as the availability of space at Hazelwood Elementary. It is important to note that the information contained in the presentation below was preliminary.

Following feedback from the school communities, an adjusted and updated presentation has been released for public information.

• School Community Presentation (02/03/2020) (PDF)
• Revised Presentation (04/12/2019) (PDF)
• Administrators/School Council Presentation (30/10/2019) (PDF)

As part of the school review consultation process, the District consulted with the school community in November 2019 using ThoughtExchange. The results of this engagement were released in December and can be found below.

In March, 2020, the District launched a second round of consultations through ThoughtExchange. The results of this second engagement were released on March 28 and can be found below.

The process for the Waterford Valley High school system review included:

• Consultation with the school councils of St. Mary's Elementary, Hazelwood Elementary, and St. John Bosco;
• Two inclusive survey mechanisms (ThoughtExchange) provided for members of the St. Mary's Elementary school community primarily, but others as they may have wished. to outline options under consideration for feedback from families;
• Reports on the results of the two surveys provided to the school community;
• District staff had continued dialogue with the school administrations and councils throughout; and;
• At a public meeting, the Board of Trustees reviewed and revisited the proposed changes to the Waterford Valley High school feeder system and made a decision to not proceed with any of the options presented.

Should you have any questions about this process, please contact the Director of Schools for your school system:

Waterford Valley High School System
Michael Tobin · Tel: 758-2377 · michaeltobin@nlesd.ca.