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Facilities and Construction Projects

Construction Projects
 
Infrastructure improvements to ALCDSB schools are underway with support from Ministry grant.
In February 2022, the ALCDSB received approval to award the tender for the renovation and construction of a new school addition to St. Joseph Catholic School, located on Bridge Street East in Belleville.
The $22.6 million project will provide ALCDSB students with more opportunities to feel empowered to reach their full potential within a state-of-the-art facility. This project is part of the province's capital investment program to support students with better learning spaces.
 The addition will accommodate:
  • 481 elementary student spaces
  • 20 learning studios
  • 6 learning commons
  • 3 new childcare rooms, providing 49 new licensed childcare spaces
  • 2 dedicated EarlyON Child and Family Centre rooms.
 
While this work is being completed, the St. Joseph Catholic School community is being temporarily housed at the Sir Winston Churchill Public School site, located at 301 MacDonald Avenue.
Exterior construction of St. Joseph.
The ALCDSB is currently finalizing the design on this $28.3 million capital project which supports the construction of a new Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School building in Amherstview.
This new build will allow our students to pursue their educational experience in modern spaces that promote collaborative learning enabling them to reach their full potential.  Our Lady of Mount Carmel CS will continue to be a dual stream school, offering learning in both French and English.  This project is part of the province's capital investment program to support students with better learning spaces.
The addition will accommodate:
  • 449 elementary student spaces
  • 19 learning studios
  • 9 learning commons
  • 3 new childcare rooms, providing 49 new licensed childcare spaces
While this work is being completed, the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School community will continue to be housed in the existing Our Lady of Mount Carmel CS building.
Rendering of exterior of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School.
Rendering of interior of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School.
In July 2022, the ALCDSB received $4.6 million in Land Priorities funding approval from the province of Ontario for the acquisition of a new 5.1-acre site located at 175 Talbot Street in Picton.  
The ALCDSB is currently finalizing the design for a new elementary school on the new school site and looks forward to making further updates as this project progress.  This new build continues ALCDSB commitment to design modern collaborative learning spaces which will inspire our students to achieve their full potential.  This project is part of the province's capital investment program to support students with better learning spaces.
The addition will accommodate:
  • 354 elementary student spaces
  • 15 learning studios
  • 5 learning commons
While this work is being completed, the St. Gregory Catholic School community will continue to be housed in the existing St. Gregory CS building located on Owens Street in Picton.
Rendering of exterior of St. Gregory Catholic School.
In May 2024, the ALCDSB received approval to award the construction tender on this a $22,613,998 capital project addition to the existing J.J. O’Neill Catholic School building in Napanee. This work is being completed on the current J.J. O’Neill Catholic School property and will consist of a major addition to the current building.
The addition will accommodate:
  • 331 elementary student spaces
  • 14 learning studios
  • 6 learning commons
  • 3 new childcare rooms, providing 49 new licensed childcare spaces
While the construction work is being completed, the J.J. O’Neill Catholic School community will continue to be housed in the existing building.
Rendering of exterior of St. Joseph Catholic School.
Rendering of interior of St. Joseph Catholic School.
Pupil Accommodation

About the ALCDSB’s Long-Term Accommodation Plan

The ALCDSB’s Long-Term Accommodation Plan (LTAP) is a comprehensive planning document illustrating a 15-year+ planning horizon based upon:
  • Changing demographic trends;
  • Future student enrolment (including increased enrolment generated by new developments);
  • Current and future utilization of elementary and secondary facilities;
  • Potential for facility partnerships, if any;
  • Student learning initiatives and facility design innovations to enhance student learning environments; and
  • Provincial capital funding policies and capital related metrics (e.g. operating and renewal, staffing and transportation costs)
 

The report is updated every five years to help guide capital investment, as well as program and facility decisions that support and respond to the board’s short and long-term accommodation challenges and the overall vision for the ALCDSB, as set out in its Multi-Year Strategic Plan.

Proposed learning commons at J.J. O'Neill Catholic School in Napanee
Proposed learning commons at J.J. O'Neill Catholic School in Napanee

An LTAP allows the ALCDSB to plan and prioritize to ensure that board facilities are meeting the needs of our communities. Data such as school size, future student enrolment, current and future utilization, physical condition, program options, regional demographic trends, municipal development plans and other factors, enable the Board to identify accommodation issues, plan and prioritize next steps to ensure board facilities are meeting the needs of our communities.  ​

 

The Ministry expects school boards to “have capital plans that address the future needs of their students”.  Please refer to the links below to access the Board’s Long-Term Accommodation Plans:

Notice of Public Meetings - Education Development Charges
2023​

Ventilation
School boards in Ontario are implemented multiple strategies to support healthy and safe learning environments for students and staff to help reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Improved ventilation, including filtration, is just one of the many safety measures that have been identified to help reduce the spread of the virus.
 
Ventilation: Increasing the flow of outdoor / fresh air for diluting the concentration of any infectious particles.
 
Filtration: Involves the use of different types of fibrous media designed to remove particles from the airstream.
 
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, ALCDSB has completed extensive work to improve and optimize ventilation and air filtration in our schools. This work includes more frequent inspection and servicing of our existing ventilation systems to ensure that they are in good working order and optimizing air quality through existing or new Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems and the use of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filtration units. 
ALCDSB's strategy to optimize air quality in our facilities includes the following best practices:
 
  • ​Complete more regular preventative maintenance inspection and servicing of all mechanical equipment to optimize performance.
  • Upgrade filter ratings in mechanical equipment, as appropriate, and increase the frequency of filter replacement for improve air quality.
  • Adjust the settings of HVAC equipment, where possible, to increase the hours of operation and the amount of fresh air supplied through the HVAC equipment.
  • Placement of stand-alone HEPA filtration units to meet or exceed Ministry of Education guidelines in all FDK and regular classrooms throughout the board.
The Ministry of Education has provided school boards with funding to optimize and improve ventilation and filtration in schools.  These investments have supported various measures that ALCDSB has implemented since the 2020-2021 school year and measures that will continue to be implemented during the 2022-2023 school year. 
 
Please note that this Ministry funding includes spending from dedicated ventilation programs (including stand-alone HEPA filtration unit funding), federal-provincial funding, provincial renewal funding and supplemental funding from other board sources.
The Ministry of Education has developed a standardized ventilation report to enhance transparency and provide consistent communication across the province.  For more information on the ventilation improvements that our board has undertaken, please see the ALCDSB's Standardized Ventilation Measures Reports below:
Sustainability

​​The Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board is committed to providing both educational and practical leadership about environmental sustainability.  The board looks to promote practices which embrace a vision of “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.” (Brundtland Commission, 1987) 

 

Environmental sustainability is a shared responsibility that demands ongoing collaboration between all staff and students, schools and Board departments, community organizations and agencies, parent groups and all levels of government, business and the community at large.  The Board’s promotion of environmental sustainability is rooted in a “cradle to cradle” model for caring for the earth’s resources, seeking to prepare and inspire our students to be responsible citizens who respect the environment and use resources wisely, contributing to the common good (CGE 7i and 7j). 

Decorative.

In accordance with Ontario Regulation 25/23 - Broader Public Sector: Energy Reporting and Conservation and Demand Management Plans, the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board’s is required to prepare an energy conservation and demand management plan every five (5) years. A copy of the 2024 5-year plan is provided below: 

While a board may have a five-year energy management plan, the ability of the board to implement the plan depends on the funding that is received each year from the Ministry. The Ministry typically provides school boards with approximately $1.4 billion in funding annually to address school condition improvement and school renewal needs.
 

Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reports: 

 

In accordance with Ontario Regulation 25/23 - Broader Public Sector: Energy Reporting and Conservation and Demand Management Plans, the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board’s Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Reports are posted and submitted annually. Copies of these reports are posted below: 

The information found in the reports are an important tool for comparing, planning, and evaluating past and future energy conservation initiatives within the Board. The information presented in the reports are considered raw data and, therefore, do not take into consideration many factors such as weather, age of building, or mechanical infrastructure. 

 

For more information on these reports and other energy initiatives, please contact us. 

School Renewal Investment Report
Each year the ALCDSB undertakes a number of broad range of construction projects to renew and improve our school facilities.  As part of the Board's, and Ministry's, initiative to enhance transparency and provide consistent communication across the province, the following reports provide additional information of the renewal work undertaken, or planned to be completed in the coming year, by the ALCDSB.
Climate Action Incentive Fund (CAIF)
 
The Climate Action Incentive Fund (CAIF) is an Environment and Climate Change Canada program under the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, delivering up to 218 million dollars. This program is funded from the proceeds of the federal carbon pollution pricing system. Programming is available in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and New Brunswick, where provinces had not committed to their own carbon pollution pricing systems in 2019-20. Eligible recipients would benefit from funding for projects to decrease energy usage, save money, and reduce carbon pollution.
 
The CAIF supports projects and measures undertaken by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), municipalities, universities, schools, hospitals (“MUSH sector"), and not-for-profit organizations.​
 
CAIF in collaboration with the Government of Ontario, i​s a time-limited federal-provincial cost matching program to help school boards make energy efficiency improvements and retrofits that reduce energy use, costs, and carbon pollution​
 
The Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board has received energy efficiency upgrades funded by the CAIF.  This funding has been used to for a roofing upgrade at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School in Kingston, Ontario.​
Climate Action Incentive with Government of Canada and ALCDSB logos.