Accessibility Plan

South East Cornerstone Public School Division is committed to providing environments that are accessible to all staff, students, their families, and the broader community. An environment that is accessible means schools that are free of physical, communications, and attitudinal barriers, where diversity is celebrated and accessibility is the norm.

The accessibility plan is an outline of our proposed actions and our formal commitment to making meaningful and impactful changes by working towards the removal of barriers faced by those who experience disabilities and putting processes in place to prevent similar barriers from occurring in the future.

To best guide out actions, we started by approaching staff, parents, and community members asking them to share their experiences accessing SECPSD facilities, programs, and services. Every story told and piece of feedback received helped shape the building blocks of our plan.

The accessibility plan is exactly that, a three-year plan designed to be the first step in formalizing our efforts and commitment to improving accessibility in our school communities. The plan will guide decision making, budgeting, as well as short and long-term actions to improve accessibility in all our school communities. The plan is evergreen, and will be reviewed as the need arises, or at a minimum of every three years.

Accessibility is about everyone in our community, and for that reason we felt it important to include individuals with different perspectives, experiences, and specialties in the accessibility team working group.

Accessibility Team Chair:

Aaron Hiske, Deputy Director of Education

Accessibility Team Members:

Nathan Johnson, Superintendent of Human Resources

Gillian Costelo, Student Services Coordinator

Tracey Kiliwnik, Learning Support Coordinator

Jim Swyryda, Manager of Facilities

Kassandra Lawrenz, Communications Officer

Rebecca Bowerin, Teacher, Yellow Grass School

SECPSD extends appreciation and gratitude to all members of the team who have taken the time to listen, learn, and reflect on the experiences, testimonials, and responses shared by staff, parents and guardians, community members, and students. Every story told and piece of feedback received played a role in creating the SECPSD Accessibility Plan. We thank all the members of the accessibility team for their hard work, and the work they continue to do every day towards creating inclusive and accessible environments for everyone in our school communities.

Your Voice Matters

To identify specific barriers that members of the community may face when accessing SECPSD facilities, programs, or services, please email: [email protected] with the following information:

What you were trying to access.
Where the barrier happened and what the barrier is.
Any recommendations you might have.

Thank you for sharing your feedback. It will be reviewed and considered by our team.