The Halton Catholic District School Board has strict policies and procedures which govern the process of the creation of new schools, modificiation of existing schools, and the adjustment of school boundaries. This site will provide you with information regarding current sites being changed, new schools being reviewed and helpful documents.

For reference, please refer to Policy and Procedure I-29: School Boundary Review Process for detailed information regarding the review process.

Criteria for School Boundary Adjustment

• Optimizing the use of existing school facilities, while ensuring that pupils are accommodated to the extent possible, in permanent school facilities that are within their enrolment capacities
• Minimizing the use of portable classrooms whenever possible, except during the establishment phases of new communities and throughout the peak enrolment phases of schools
• To the extent possible, minimizing school boundary adjustments, thereby ensuring that said boundaries remain stable, over a minimal five-year period
• To the extent possible and in accordance with Board policy, optimize the cost-effective use of school transportation
• Ensuring that a cost-effective range of program delivery, responding to pupil needs, is achieved through the optimum distribution of school enrolment
• To the extent possible, give due consideration to the concept of a community of associated schools and where feasible, give consideration to a Catholic School Community in which the school boundaries will substantially match Catholic Parish boundaries