Educational Planning
Superintendent: John Fiacco
This diverse department incorporates teams of individuals in the areas of Educational Planning and Transportation Services.
Our key areas of responsibility include:
- Student accommodation
- Enrolment reporting and projections
- Determine need for modular classrooms and preparation of plans for relocations
- Identification of sites for alternative and special needs programs
- Collaborate with Learning Services staff in support of new focus programs and to provide continued support to existing focus programs
- Collaborate with Learning Services staff to explore innovative and alternative educational programming (focus schools/magnet programs) in our division to ensure that we remain responsive to the needs and wants of our parents and students in regards to educational programs of choice
- School closure and reopening
- Prepare demographic reports that provide direction for future educational planning
- Develop and review school boundaries and catchment areas
- Liaison with the City of Edmonton, the province, neighboring school jurisdictions and other stakeholders in matters related to planning issues
- Develop the division's Three Year Education Plan and Annual Education Results Report
- Management and oversight of focus programs and programs of choice
- Liaise and facilitate the operations of the Division’s athletic programs and the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association
- Planning and selection of future school building/parks sites in new neighbourhoods
- Reviewing, rezoning and redistricting applications for potential impact on school/park sites
- Administrating the Joint Use Agreement in partnership with Edmonton Public Schools, Conseil Scolaire Centre Nord (Francophone Board) and the City of Edmonton
- Managing land allocation and disposition
- Establishing standards for area, capacity and utilization of school facilities
- Co-ordinating rentals in school facilities by community users
- Administrating lease of surplus space in operational and non-operational schools
- Developing the Division's Three Year Capital Plan & Ten Year Facility Plan
- Facilitating and advising on playground development
Student Transportation Services
Provide students in our division with transportation services in a timely, safe, and effective manner.