I won't claim to be an expert on this because information seems a little hard to find but this is what I think it's about.
The Ottawa school board (OCDSB) evaluates all elementary and secondary schools on a set of criteria that identifies some schools as being in need of financial assistance to bring them closer to other schools in other regions of the city. Each school is given a a RAISE score. I couldn't find a range for the scores but they are categorized into 4 categories:
- -1.0 and lower
- -0.99 to 0
- 0 to 0.99
- 1.0 and higher
Schools that are 1.0 or higher are priority funding schools and I think they may be colloquially refered to as a RAISE school.
What this means is that some external programs (like the Makermobile from U of O Engineering) the program provider can get funding to provide the service to your school at a discount or completely free.
So, before you say, we can't afford to bring this cool program to our school, check to see if you're a RAISE school and if you are, ask the program provider if they have funding for RAISE schools.
Here's the list of RAISE values from 2016-2017. I couldn't find anything newer.
Alphabetical Listing of Elementary Schools by RAISE Value Ranges for 2016-2017
RAISE values of -1.0 and lower (i.e., lowest priority funding schools)
A. Lorne Cassidy ES
Castor Valley ES
Elmdale PS
First Avenue PS
Huntley Centennial PS
Kars on the Rideau PS
Manotick PS
Mutchmor PS
Osgoode PS
Richmond PS
Stittsville PS
Westwind PS
RAISE values between -0.99 and 0
Adrienne Clarkson ES
Alta Vista PS
Avalon PS
Barrhaven PS
Bayview PS
Bridlewood Community ES
Broadview PS
Castlefrank ES
Cedarview MS
Churchill Alternative School
Connaught PS
Convent Glen ES
Devonshire Community PS
Dunning-Foubert ES
Earl of March (7-8)
Elgin Street PS
Emily Carr MS
Fallingbrook Community ES
Farley Mowat PS
Forest Valley ES
Glen Cairn PS
Glen Ogilvie PS
Goulbourn MS
Greely ES
Henry Larsen ES
Heritage PS
Hilson Avenue PS
Hopewell Avenue PS
J.H. Putman PS
Jack Donohue PS
Jockvale ES
John Young ES
Kanata Highlands PS
Katimavik ES
Knoxdale PS
Lakeview PS
LePhare ES
Longfields-Davidson Heights (7-8)
Maple Ridge ES
Mary Honeywell ES
Metcalfe PS
North Gower/Marlborough PS
Orleans Wood ES
Pleasant Park PS
Roch Carrier ES
Rockcliffe Park PS
Roland Michener PS
Severn Avenue PS
Sir Robert Borden (7-8)
South March PS
Stephen Leacock PS
Steve MacLean PS
Stonecrest ES
Summerside PS
Terry Fox ES
Trillium ES
W.O. Mitchell ES
Woodroffe Avenue PS
RAISE values between 0 and 0.99
Agincourt Road PS
Bell (7-8)
Bells Corners PS
Berrigan ES
Briargreen PS
Cambridge Street Community PS
Chapman Mills PS
Dunlop PS
Elizabeth Park PS
Fielding Drive PS
Fisher Park PS/Summit Alternative School
General Vanier PS
Glashan PS
Half Moon Bay PS
Lady Evelyn Alternative School
Manor Park PS
Manordale PS
Meadowlands PS
Merivale (7-8)
Regina Street PS
Riverview Alternative School
Robert Bateman PS
Robert Hopkins PS
Sir Winston Churchill PS
W. Erskine Johnston PS
RAISE values of 1.0 and above (priority funding schools)
Arch Street PS
Bayshore PS
Blossom Park PS
Carleton Heights PS
Carson Grove ES
Centennial PS
Charles H. Hulse PS
D. Roy Kennedy PS
Featherston Drive PS
Hawthorne PS
Henry Munro MS
Pinecrest PS
Queen Elizabeth PS
Queen Mary Street PS
Robert E. Wilson PS
Roberta Bondar PS
Sawmill Creek ES
Vincent Massey PS
Viscount Alexander PS
W.E. Gowling PS
York Street PS
Alphabetical Listing of Secondary schools by RAISE Value Ranges for 2016-2017
RAISE values of -1.0 and lower
A.Y. Jackson SS
Osgoode Township SS
South Carleton HS
West Carleton SS
RAISE values between -0.99 and 0
Cairine Wilson SS
Canterbury HS
Colonel By SS
Earl of March SS
Frederick Banting Secondary Alternate
John McCrae SS
Lisgar CI
Longfields-Davidson Heights SS
Merivale HS
Nepean HS
Sir Robert Borden HS
Sir Wilfrid Laurier SS
RAISE values between 0 and 0.99
Bell HS
Brookfield HS
Elizabeth Wyn Wood Alternate
Glebe CI
Hillcrest HS
Norman Johnston Alternate
Sir Guy Carleton SS
Urban Aboriginal Alternate Program
RAISE values of 1.0 and above (priority funding schools)
Gloucester HS
Ottawa Technical SS
Richard Pfaff Alternate
Ridgemont HS
Woodroffe HS