A summary report of the Kelly Road Secondary School engagement questionnaire for a possible name change will be presented to the board of education during a livestream online forum today at 6 p.m. that the public can view.
"We appreciate that this is a highly anticipated stage in the engagement process," Tim Bennett, board chair, said. "We have seen and received so much direct feedback from public protest to heartfelt emails and we are eager to see some of the trends and themes in the data from this questionnaire."
The KRSS questionnaire was started to offer the opportunity for the public to provide feedback on naming the new school building which replaces the current school in September.
The information was collected through printed copies of the questionnaire, an online version and phone calls that were accepted between March 20 and April 17.
The engagement platform was developed to hear from the public in an accessible forum and receive ideas on how to preserve the past (Shas Ti) and present (Kelly Road) in the new school building.
"It has been a challenging engagement process, largely due to circumstances outside of our control, and we anticipate that this decision will help us move forward together," Bennett said. "Students, staff and the community will have a new state-of-the-art learning facility by September 2020 and it's time to embrace the collective opportunities ahead of us."
The School District 57 board of education will make a final decision regarding the name of the new school building at its regular public meeting on April 28.
To tune into to the live stream or to get more information visit sd57.bc.ca.
