1. Montessori Information Evening Choice and Learning

2. Enrollment - The #’s 2008 English enrollment a low of 1 School numbers upper 200’s ; losing divisions Sustainability of more than 1 program ; school Solutions

3. Implementation History Montessori Locally ; Parents and Private Programs ; Pre-Schools Survey and Meeting with Parents = EFI Parents 50% return with 70% approval; English 95% return with over 90% approval 5 Year Commitment ; Stop at Primary transition (Primary Program); Review

4. Culture Triple Track vs Dual Single Community Engaged and Willing Staff = High Morale vs Change Confidence in sustainability / stability Continuous Improvement and Collaboration

5. Staffing Extremely Limited Pool of Accredited Candidates Teacher Training / Capacity = Learning Bumped Staff and Poor Morale Poor Intermediate Interest

6. Cost / Classroom Set Up Montessori Materials - Procurement Specific Materials vs Existing Materials $15 - $20 Thousand Above a Standard Class District Covered = No Fees

7. Review Process Staff Survey = 100% in Favour of Primary Stop Informed Decision = Team Tour and Networking with Vancouver ; Their Intermediate Model Local Accreditation = UBC Pilot ? Who is Choosing Montessori ? Draw #’s vs $’s District Commitment DG Parent Input

8. Parents Survey Response 62% ; Meeting Commitment 24% Program knowledge: 50% Neighbourhood school; Websites and Pre-school/Previous Programming Attributes: Top 4 = Choice, Independence, Interests, Staff (Best Practice) Bottom 4 = Resources, Philosophy, Multi-Aged, Prepared Env’t (Montessori) 70% Want Intermediate Levels ; Do not want splits Parents want opportunity to learn more about classroom Montessori programming

9. Years to Follow All about numbers; No Intermediate Montessori Gr 4 spaces for most years ; Next Year 3/4 split Establish class building protocol for Montessori 3/4 - parent choice? - draw? - current model: likely - combinations? Better promotion by school and district ; Parent exposure/involvement