Kitsilano PAC Seismic Renewal Page

Kitsilano Seismic Renewal Overview

The Seismic Renewal Project for Kitsilano High School. The planning and detailed design of the school is on hold. It will commence once the Kits Renewal budget has been approved by the Provincial ministry.

Planning and design approvals will involve a Development Permit submission to the City of Vancouver, a public process that will call for input from the PAC.

Check the school http://kitsilano.vsb.bc.ca schedule or publications - newsletters for information on the seismic renewal progress

Check the VSB site VSB Seismic Projects Update for more information and details on the Seismic Renewal Project. The VSB site is an excellent resource for the different stages of the process and for current up to date progress.

Check the Cityspaces site Cityspaces Kitsilano School Renewal for more information on the Vision process and the recommendations.

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Download PDF: (* Note: This is a preliminary outline schedule. Actual timing will be subject to a variety of factors, including approvals from the Ministry of Education and the City of Vancouver.)

 

The Concept Plan D2 is the prefered and approved plan: a renewal concept that will incorporate key heritage elements

If you have questions or suggestions for the Kits PAC School Renewal - Seismic Mitigation Committee, please email kitspac@hotmail.com Attention: Seismic renewal committee.

 

Kits PAC Seismic Renewal Past Timeline

Kits PAC has been involved throughout the Seimsic Renewal Project and the following is a timeline of the progress up to July 2010

PAC Seismic Mitigation Committees

Kits PAC e-news June 30, 2010: KSS Seismic Upgrade News

The Vancouver Board of Education Committee II (Planning and Facilities) met on Tuesday, June 22 to review the plans for the seismic upgrade of Kitsilano Secondary and to hear comments from stakeholders, such as teachers, students, parents, community groups and concerned neighbours. After hearing from the various delegations, the Committee passed the following motion: "IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT the Board of Trustees confirm Kitsilano Secondary Renewal Concept D2 as the preferred development option and authorize staff to complete a project definition report requesting Ministry of Education finalization of a capital project funding agreement."

The VSB Board of Trustees will meet on Monday, July 5 to vote on this motion.

Kits PAC meeting May 26, 2010: Seismic Upgrade News

Information from the consultant: Cityspaces Kitsilano School Renewal
The consultant recommends option D2.

Kits PAC members have not had the opportunity to indicate a preference for ie.option A2, D2 or F as Kits PAC was not aware it might be helpful to give a preference at this meeting, so parents were not informed of this via the Kits PAC e-news. At this Kits PAC meeting it was agreed to send a memo to the VSB regards aspects with consensus at this Kits PAC meeting, that was short of a quorum.

Kits teachers have indicated a preference for option D2.
The consultant reviewed concerns regarding the A3 option suggested by Kits PAC at a previous Kits PAC meeting.

Kits PAC e-news May 25, 2010: Seismic Upgrade News

There will be an extraordinary PAC meeting on Wednesday, May 26, from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. in the third floor staffroom to discuss the School Growth Plan for 2010-11, which sets Kitsilano's educational goals, and the KSPT (Kitsilano School Planning Team) report on the status of the school renewal/seismic upgrade plans. Updated materials are available at the CitySpaces link Renewal Plan Status Report May 2010 | PDF format 28.2 Mb

Note - as per 13 April 2010 PAC meeting minutes, for KSPT, Jean Gordon reported:
- two community representatives have now been added to the KSPT and they will continue to be involved.
- the Open House last month was well attended with about 175 people coming to view the proposals.

The original Kits Design options (Six Design Options) | PDF format

Kits PAC e-news 2010 Jan 15: Kits Renewal - Design Concept

Prior to the December break, the Kitsilano Project Team produced six design concepts for the renewal of Kitsilano Secondary, with Concept D the recommended plan. Since then, design option D has been further refined and was distributed to the KSPT on Wednesday for discussion at its next meeting on Tuesday, January 19. We strongly encourage all parents to access the materials and forward feedback to kitspac@hotmail.com. All feedback will be directed to James Burton and Jean Gordon, the parent representatives on the KSPT.

Please encourage your students to inform themselves as well. The KSPT student representatives have formed a Facebook group (Kitsilano Seismic Upgrading) as a discussion platform, as well as to receive student feedback.

Parents at the recent PAC meeting were informed that an Open House is currently scheduled for Tuesday, March 2 from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the gym for school and community feedback.

Kits PAC e-news 2009 Oct 23 : Seismic Mitigation Update

At our October 14 PAC meeting, Patti Bacchus, Vancouver Board of Education (VBE) Chair and liaison trustee for Kitsilano Secondary, outlined the proposed Project Charter for the second phase of Kitsilano's school renewal. CitySpaces Consulting, the same firm that helped facilitate last February's Visioning Event, has been engaged as Project Managers of this process.

VSB Letter and Proposed Project Charter | PDF format

In brief, there are three committees that will liaise with each other:

  • the Kitsilano Concept Planning Steering Committee (KCPSC) as the Project Authority, comprising VBE senior management, Kitsilano Principal Chris Atkinson, and Earl Strueby, Planning Officer, Ministry of Education;
  • the Kitsilano School Planning Team (KSPT) as Project Advisors, formed by Chris Atkinson, two PAC representatives, two Teachers, two Students, one Support Staff representative, and one member of the Planning Steering Committee;
  • the Project Consultant Team with CitySpaces and an architect, structural, electrical, mechanical and geotechnical engineers and a quantity surveyor. CitySpaces will also facilitate KSPT meetings.
A motion was passed that KitsPAC welcome the invitation to participate on the KSPT and recommend to the VSB that representatives from the Kitsilano community, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, and the City of Vancouver be included on the KSPT from the outset to ensure the efficiency of this second phase of Kitsilano's renewal.

To this end, KitsPAC has written to Mark Dale, Assistant Secretary of Treasurer - Facilities, as well as to Patti Bacchus and Allan Wong, Trustee and Chair of Committee II.
PAC letter to Mark Dale | PDF format PAC letter to Patti Baccus and Allan Wong | PDF format

Two parent representatives were elected to the KSPT: James Burton, PAC Chair; and Jean Gordon, a parent of a Grade 8 student. The first meeting was held on Thursday, October 29, 2009.

Kits PAC e-news 2009 Oct 23 : Seismic Mitigation Update

A school Visioning Workshop occurred in February 2009 over two days. The Kits PAC Vision document was developed from this workshop. All seismic-related documents are on the school web site.
The current aim is to get the VSB to respond to the vision and the PAC is arranging for Kitsilano Secondary’s VSB Trustee representative, Patti Bacchus, to come to the next PAC meeting to provide an update on the seismic issue. Committee II of the VBE currently meeting and making proposals regarding Kits, but as of September 2009 the Kits PAC had no Seismic Sub-Committee planned.

Kits school e-news May 15, 2009 and Apr. 20, 2009

Parents and other members of the Kitsilano community who are interested in the information gathered from the Kits PAC School Renewal Seismic Mitigation Committee Survey can access the survey results and analysis at the following link: http://members.shaw.ca/YHT99/Kits-PAC-SRSMC-2009-Feb-Initial-Survey-Info-Index.htm CitySpaces’ summary report of the Visioning Event is available at this link: http://kitsilano.vsb.bc.ca/downloads/SummaryofVisioningEvent.pdf

The Kits PAC summary presented to MLA Gordon Campbell and Committee II of the Vancouver Board of Education:
Letter to MLA Gord Campbell and VBE | PDF format

Kits PAC e-news May 15, 2009: School Renewal - Seismic Mitigation News

The committee will report on the year's activities at the PAC AGM on Wednesday, May 20 where there also will be discussion on a Next Steps proposal. This would include developing an information package, composed of the Vision Document and links to documents produced by the committee this year, to update and gather support from our multiple political, educational, and community stakeholders.

The Committee II, Planning and Facilities meeting minutes of April 7, where both the Kits PAC and the staff made presentations on the Visioning process, are now available at http://www.vsb.bc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/852DFCA4-C3CB-489B-871D-F30FC70FBF16/0/09April07op.pdf

Kits PAC e-news Apr. 20, 2009: School Renewal/Seismic Mitigation Committee Update

The PAC Survey and addendum includes comments on the survey and additional information, PAC Seismic Survey. If you have any comments on the survey that you wish to have included in the addendum, please forward them to kitspac@hotmail.com

The facilitator's report on the Open Houses and the Visioning Event, which includes the PAC survey results, is now on the main page of the Kits website and available in pdf form at http://kitsilano.vsb.bc.ca/downloads/SummaryofVisioningEvent.pdf.
Note: this site is no longer on-line, please access all VSB information on the process at the VSB site VSB Seismic Projects Update for more information and details on the Seismic Renewal Project.
In addition, a copy of the facilitator's report has been placed in the library for reference.

April 14, 2009 Kits PAC SRSMC meeting:

The Kitsilano Parent Advisory Committee (Kits PAC) Survey 2009 February report, prepared as an addendum to the PAC survey included in the facilitator's report of the Kits Visioning Events, February 2009. Plans are for a copy of the facilitator's report to be in the Kits library.

A copy of the survey and summaries can be found at: PAC Seismic Survey.

KIts PAC SRSMC presented at the VSB Committee II meeting April 7, 2009.
VSB Committee II meeting minutes

Information submitted to Committee II included :

  • the PAC Summary (agreed to at the Feb. 26 PAC meeting) and presented to our MLA, The Premier, on March 2, 2009
  • the PAC survey and some selected information from the survey
  • a script prepared by the Kits PAC SRSMC Chair. Not included in the script was alternate information provided by the teacher representative at the presentation.
At the Apr. 7, 2009 VSB Committee II meeting where Kits PAC SRSMC presented, there was information from the VSB that the BC MInistry of Education has provided funds for the VSB to hire two Project Director Facilities I nitiative staff (one for secondary schools and one for elementary schools) to be education experts associated with VSB wide seismic issues.

The Committee II, Planning and Facilities meeting minutes of April 7, where both the Kits PAC and the staff made presentations on the Visioning process, are now available at http://www.vsb.bc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/852DFCA4-C3CB-489B-871D-F30FC70FBF16/0/09April07op.pdf

Kits PAC e-news 2009 Apr 7: Kitsilano Vision Presentation to Committee II

A Kits delegation of PAC Executive members, Principal Alex Grant, staff representatives Julie Bond and Karen Coflin, and student representative M. Jaworski will make a brief presentation on Tuesday, April 7 to the VSB's Planning & Facilities Committee (Committee II). The PAC presentation will cover a description of the Visioning process, a screening of a short video that gives a taste of the Workshop, and, finally, the main points of the Vision Statement as endorsed by the PAC. The staff will also make a brief presentation. This is a public VSB meeting and all are welcome to attend, so please join us if you are able.

Visioning Process Feedback: Facilitator's Report & Survey Results
The PAC Executive and the School Renewal and Seismic Mitigation Committee welcome all feedback on the facilitator's report of the Kits Visioning Events, which includes the PAC Survey results. Given the size of the document, we are not able to post the file to our website. However, this report is now available at http://www.cityspaces.ca/projects/kitsilano, but only until Monday, April 13. Please take this opportunity to access the document. If you attended the Visioning Events and would like to comment on the report's findings, please forward your remarks to kitspac@hotmail.com. Comments will be collected until April 13 for consideration at the next School Renewal Seismic Mitigation meeting on April 14.

Note: re the above Apr. 7, 2009 PAC notice - there was agreement at the Feb. 26 PAC meeting that information about the PAC survey, presented at the Feb. 26 PAC meeting, be included with the PAC survey in the Kitsilano Facilitator's Report (CitySpaces consultant's report), which was thought to be still in draft form.

The above Apr. 7, 2009 PAC notice distributes the PAC survey in the Kitsilano Facilitator's Report without the agreed to information about the PAC survey. or notice that further information would follow.

Re the Feb. 26 PAC meeting, one piece of further information was the different teachers result on a key survey issue. The conclusion after debate at that meeting was that:
- it was not appropriate to note the different teachers result in the PAC Summary for the meeting with the Premier
- that the teacher difference was not to be dismissed, that it, together with the the other information presented, be included with the PAC survey in the Kitsilano Facilitator's Report (CitySpaces consultant's report), which was thought to be still in draft form.

Kits PAC e-news 2009 Mar 9: School Renewal - Seismic Mitigation

The PAC Summary (agreed to at the Feb. 26 PAC meeting) and presented to our MLA, The Premier, on March 2, 2009 by three PAC representatives (elected at the Feb. 26 PAC meeting). The three PAC representatives are James Burton, Andrew Larigakis and Tracy Monk.

There was agreement at the Feb. 26 PAC meeting that information about the PAC survey, presented at the Feb. 26 PAC meeting, be included with the PAC survey in the Kitsilano Facilitator's Report (CitySpaces consultant's report), which was thought to be still in draft form. Also agreed at the Feb. 26 PAC meeting, was the need to do further analysis of the PAC survey. Links for the Kitsilano Facilitator's report and drafts related to the information about the PAC survey and the analysis (including the initial survey results)

Information received from Mary Chipman (Mar. 26, 2009) that survey and Visioning outreach info was posted by student M. Jaworski on a Kits Facebook group in the run-up to the Feb. 2009 Open Houses and Visioning events. This information was received with a suggestion that the Kitsilano Facilitator's Report (CitySpaces consultant report) be posted on the Kits Facebook group, as it is no longer available on the original link provided. (see above for new link available until April 8, 2009).

From Kits school e-news Jan. 30, 2009: Seismic Mitigation

Dear Kitsilano Secondary School Parents/Guardians:
The Kitsilano Secondary School Parent Advisory Council (Kits PAC) wishes to engage you and seeks your opinions in creating a vision for the seismic upgrading and school renewal of Kitsilano Secondary School. With the cooperation and support of the school and the Vancouver Board of Education, we have developed three ways for you to participate in this exciting prospect - A Visioning Workshop, an Open House, and a Survey – choose one, two, or all three!

  1. Visioning Workshop
    Visioning Workshop
    Saturday, February 14, 2009
    9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
    Kitsilano Secondary Gymnasium, 2550 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano Secondary is due for seismic upgrading — an extraordinary opportunity to rethink our school buildings and site, and bring innovation to learning. Kitsilano is your neighbourhood school. Help us chart our future by attending this workshop with featured speakers and facilitated break-out sessions.

    Seismic safety, sustainability, and heritage are all issues that we must address as a community to prepare our school, neighbourhood and learning network for the needs of the future. Bring us your vision for Kits!

  2. Open House
    Busy? Need more info? Come to our Open House on Friday, February 13, 7 - 9 p.m. or Saturday, February 14, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the gym
  3. Survey
    You are also invited to participate in our public opinion survey at the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=TYzjYPFb3d1VB7F_2fGrAAUQ_3d_3d
    Please complete the Survey prior to February 15th (the survey is short and only takes 5 minutes to complete).
Thank you for your participation!
James Burton PAC Chair
Alex Grant Principal

Kits PAC e-news Jan. 19, 2009: Kitsilano Secondary Seismic Upgrade/School Renewal Survey

The Kitsilano PAC and its School Renewal-Seismic Mitigation Committee have developed a survey to start the process of gathering as much data as possible into the views and ideas that the Kits community has regarding the options of school renewal and seismic mitigation for Kitsilano Secondary. This survey is being distributed to all Kits stakeholders; from our representatives at the federal, provincial, municipal, and school district levels to business and residential associations, alumni, and community groups, in addition to our Kits school community of staff, students, and parents.

Let your voice be heard! Follow this link and take this very brief survey at http://www .surveymonkey.com/s.aspx? sm=TYzjYPFb3d1VB7F_2fGrAAUQ_3d_3d

Please encourage every member of your family, including your student(s), to take this survey. Spread the word to your neighbours, family, friends, and business associates in Kits. The deadline for survey submissions is February 15.

Re-Vision Kitsilano Secondary - What is your dream school?

Open House: Friday, February 13, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Kits Gym - Drop in
Visioning Event: Saturday, February 14, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (includes lunch) Kits Gym - Registration required; details to follow.

Kitsilano Secondary is hosting "Re-Vision Kitsilano Secondary - What is your dream school?", a major brainstorming event for all of Kitsilano, in collaboration with the VSB and facilitated by CitySpaces Consulting. The objective is to have wide participation from all our stakeholders to creatively elaborate what our ideal neighbourhood school is and what it might look like as we enter the school renewal-seismic mitigation process. Join us for the Open House on Friday, February 13, and Saturday, February 14 for what will be an inspiring and informative workshop.

 

Kits PAC Seismic Survey

The Kitsilano PAC and its School Renewal-Seismic Mitigation Committee developed a survey to gather the views and ideas that the Kits community had regarding school renewal and seismic mitigation for Kitsilano Secondary.

This survey was distributed to all Kits stakeholders; from our representatives at the federal, provincial, municipal, and school district levels to business and residential associations, alumni, and community groups, in addition to our Kits school community of staff, students, and parents.

The Kitsilano Parent Advisory Committee (Kits PAC) Survey 2009 February