Research
& Evaluation
Research,
Planning and Systems Management
Rm. 204 - 1180
www.wsd1.org/Departments/RPT/Evaluation /default.htm
Your Guide to The
Purposes:
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To help families find housing in
their immediate school area so the children do not have to change schools.
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To locate community resources
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To determine school catchment areas
Contents
of Guide
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Your
Location / Find a School – by your location
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Find a
School – by searching by school name
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Community
Resources – Day Care
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Links to Additional Community
Resources
Your Location / Find a School – by
your location
1.
Enter your address and click 
2.
Or find your location by zooming
in (
) and then marking your location with the marking pin tool 
3.
Your location is now on the
map. If your location is outside the
Winnipeg School Division you can find information on transit stops and
community resources but not rental housing or schools. If your location is in the Winnipeg School
Division you need to next select the type of school boundary to use (e.g.
Elementary, Regular, French, Alternative, grades). If you go with the default it will show you
the Elementary regular program boundary.
Click 
4.
This next screen displays – if
there had been more than one boundary based on the selection you had previously
made there would be more than one item listed at the bottom of the screen. In this case there is only one to select
from.
5.
School boundary shows up. To obtain information about this school
select the identify 
tool and click on the school.
You will notice that as you move over the school, a small text box shows up
providing the name of the school. This
is a maptip and will show up in a number of
situations to provide you with some preliminary information about an object. Click on the school to go to the school
webpage to obtain more information on this school.
Now,
close this window.
1.
You can also find a school by
searching on school name. Select the Find
a School from the items on the left.
Choose your school from the drop down list of schools that appears at
the bottom.
2. The school will show on the map. If the school has more than one boundary associated with it they show up in the list below the map and all are drawn on the map. Different grades and different programs may have different boundaries. Select the appropriate boundary by clicking on the circle next to the name of the boundary in the list.
3. Now only the selected boundary shows.
1. To find rental housing you must have selected a school and boundary. Select the Find Rental Housing item from the menu on the left.
2.
Choose which Rental Type (apartment,
house), number of bedrooms, range of monthly rent or whether you want to
include public housing in the search – then click .
3.
The properties matching your
criteria show up on as dots on the
map. As you move the mouse over the
properties the type of property and the address show up.
You
will probably want to zoom in now 
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4.
To find out more information about
a particular property select the information button and
click on the property of interest on the map.
You will now see the following: the date updated, contact information, the
rent, what is included in the rent, and additional information in the
Information field. You can print this
box if interested.
5. If you select the summary button you get a new window containing a list of all the properties that matched your query. If you just want to print out a list of contacts use this box. The data is sorted with the most recent properties at the top. Select the properties you want to print out and press the “KEEP SELECTED” button. You can then print out just the contact information for the selected properties.
Sample
6. Public Housing units are included in the
database and will be included in the search if you selected the “Include Public
Housing” button in your housing criteria.
The smaller public housing units are not shown on the map. Larger units are shown on the map such as the
two last properties in the summary on the previous page.
Smaller units are not shown on the map but you will receive the following
message if there are units in this area.
“There is public housing in this catchment
area. Call 945–4663 for more information
and to find out how to get on the waiting list for public housing.”
7.
If
you use the identify tool on one of the larger public housing properties you
get the following pop-up window.
1. To show City Transit stops choose that item from the menu on the left. If you are zoomed out too far you will receive a message that the stops are not visible until you zoom in.
Use the Identify
tool to obtain information about a stop.
Note or copy the Stop ID number. Or call Telebus 287-RIDE (7433) and enter the stop number and #
sign".” If you want information
about a route note the route number.
To show community resources such as Community Centres, Health and
Social Services,
If you choose to look for more information on a daycare you get this pop-up
window. There will be some cosmetic
changes to this window soon. Only daycare
centres and nurseries are shown – not home daycares.
If
you click on the Web Site information you will be taken to the Manitoba
Provincial Daycare information page for this site. If the daycare has vacancies it is shown at
the bottom of the screen. You can search
just for vacancies using the Provincial Daycare site but you are limited to
searching across the entire school Division - not by school.
Links to
Additional Community Resources
For additional community resource information use the
Volunteer Centre of Winnipeg’s website www.contactmb.org.
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Select the Advanced tab on the menu 1
Choose the Locating Services button
4. You will then see a list of matching
agencies and organizations that match your search. You can get detailed information about
each site and can see where the site is located on a map.
Determining
Catchment Area
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4. You will then see a list of matching
agencies and organizations that match your search. You can get detailed information about
each site and can see where the site is located on a map. |
1.
Open the website: www.housing.wsd1.org.
2.
Type in the address in question
and select the GO button.
3.
Choose the grade level and type of
school/program the student is registered in. and select GO. This is required because different grades and
programs may have different catchment areas.
4.
The boundary(ies) that match your criteria are listed at the bottom and
show up on the map. In this example the
results tell you that this student resides in the Principal Sparling N-6
regular program catchment area.
5.
If the child was in French
Immersion Dual Track program the process would be like this. Select elementary and French Dual Track
criteria.
In this case it shows the student resides in the Laura Secord French Immersion Dual Track catchment area.
6.
If you want to know all the boundaries in which a
child/family resides, choose all the boxes.
You will get a list of 11 boundaries that match your search criteria. The current version of the software does not
identify Division-wide programs such as Tec-Voc, R.B. Russell, Children of the
Earth, Niji Mahkwa, etc. but this is planned to be included over time.
Rental Submission
1.
To submit or edit rental properties
you need to be a registered user.
Select Rental Submission.
2.
Registered property owners will
login at this page. New users are asked
to email housing@wsd1.org to begin the
registration process. .
If it is your first time here,
and you would like to register a property for rent, please send an email
to: housing@wsd1.org. Please indicate: Your Name, Your Company
Name, and Phone Number. We will
contact you and provide details of the registration process.”
3.