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GSIS Campus Development Plans

As of 30 May 2008, the GSIS Association and Foundation Boards have adopted a Master Facilities Plan that will guide the school into the future. Under this long-term plan GSIS will comprise two campuses:

· the refurbished Peak campus at Guildford Road with improved and expanded facilities for self-contained Primary and Secondary Departments,
· the new Pokfulam campus at 162 Pokfulam Road, which will provide a spacious and attractive learning environment for our Kindergarten and Business College.

The Peak Campus

In addition to providing dedicated areas for the Primary and Secondary Departments, the revamped Peak campus will have a cafeteria, a bigger Senior Library, a second gym and additional teaching space. Unfortunately, we will incur the loss of our swimming pool, as well as the need to decant our Primary Departments to an off-site location, for the duration of the extension works, probably from January 2010 to 2013/14.

Decanting school

The Education Bureau has tentatively offered us a temporary school site in Ma On Shan, although no formal agreement has yet been signed. It is clear that the school site on offer is not big enough to accommodate both Secondary Departments so the only solution that is compatible with the dual-stream philosophy of GSIS and its operational needs, would be to relocate the two Primary Departments to Ma On Shan. The Boards have not taken this decision lightly, and the school will endeavour to make the relocation process as smooth as possible.

The Pokfulam Campus

GSIS has been allocated a second campus for long-term use at the edge of Pokfulam Village and we hope to move both streams of the Kindergarten and the Business College there in August 2009, or after the Christmas vacation in early 2010. We are positive that we will be able to make our Pokfulam campus into a very appealing and engaging learning environment, with state-of-the-art Kindergarten facilities and an attractive outdoor play area. Given the traffic and access issues that arise at this second campus, GSIS will require all kindergarten students to use school buses. In accepting and enforcing a school bus policy, GSIS will play a pioneering role among international schools in Hong Kong.

We understand parental concerns and we do appreciate that the temporary three-campus solution presents challenges to families with children of different age groups. We believe this solution also presents some exciting new educational opportunities, and that is strikes the right balance between the needs of our present students and those of our future students. The School Boards and School Management remain committed to the school’s mission of educational excellence.

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