Board Approves Revised Boundaries for Bruderheim Boundary Area

At the regular December 19 meeting, Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) approved revised boundaries for the Bruderheim area. The Board maintained the current Bruderheim School elementary boundaries with only a small change in the far southwest corner of Lamont County where no elementary students currently reside, and adjusted the junior/senior high boundary so that all students living within the Bruderheim School K-6 attendance boundary will now have Lamont High as their designated school for junior and senior high.

This change designates the majority of Bruderheim students to attend the closest junior and senior high school, Lamont High. It also follows a feeder school framework by assigning all Bruderheim students together to the same junior/senior high once they finish Grade 6. These changes will take effect in September 2014.

Thank you to all the parents, students, staff, and community members who participated in the boundary review consultation.

Approved Boundary Maps

The new boundaries balance our feeder school framework with the importance of proximity to schools, a priority identified by parents throughout the consultation process.

This map reflects the most educationally sound, economically viable, environmentally compatible, and publicly acceptable outcome following the Sustainable Decision-Making Model used by the Board.

Since the affected schools have boundaries that span both rural Strathcona County and Lamont County, all sets of maps are provided below. (Effective September 2014)

Bruderheim Elementary

Bruderheim Junior

Rural Strathcona_Elem

Rural Strathcona Jr

Rural Strathcona Sr

Grandfathering

The Board also approved grandfathering for all junior and senior high students currently attending Rudolph Hennig Junior High and Fort Saskatchewan High. Grandfathering means that these students will have the option to complete all grades at their current school rather than moving to their new designated school, Lamont High, immediately in September 2014. 

 As with previous Board decisions on boundary changes, busing to non-designated schools is not guaranteed, and families are responsible for the associated transportation fees. All students attending non-designated schools and accessing busing are charged a non-designated school transportation fee. An additional Payride fee will apply for students who reside less than 2.4 km from their designated school.