Public Schools Branch

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Public Schools Branch
Inspire - Achieve - Belong
Location
Stratford and Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, Stratford, Summerside, Cornwall, Montague, Souris, Kensington, Alberton
Canada
Coordinates46°13′36″N 63°05′14″W / 46.22657°N 63.08735°W / 46.22657; -63.08735Coordinates: 46°13′36″N 63°05′14″W / 46.22657°N 63.08735°W / 46.22657; -63.08735
District information
Chair of the boardBethany MacLeod (chair)
Norbert Carpenter (director)
Schools
  • 39 Elementary Schools
  • 9 Junior High Schools
  • 10 High Schools
Students and staff
Students20,000
Other information
Board MembersNorman Beck, Mary Jane Ready
Websiteedu.princeedwardisland.ca/psb/

Public Schools Branch (PSB), formerly the English Language School Board or ELSB, is a Canadian school district in Prince Edward Island.

The Public Schools Branch is an Anglophone district operating 58 public schools (gr. 1-12) in Prince County, Queens County and Kings County. It maintains offices in Stratford and Summerside with the current enrollment at approximately 20,000 students and 2,300 teachers.

History[]

The English Language School Board was created in 2012 when Eastern School District and Western School Board were merged. The Board took office on January 1, 2013.[1]

On November 5, 2015 the PEI Government announced that it would be dissolving the English Language School Board,[2] replacing it with the Public Schools Branch.

Family of Schools[]

Bluefield Family of Schools[]

  • Bluefield Senior High School
    • East Wiltshire Intermediate School
  • Central Queens Elementary School
  • Eliot River Elementary School
  • Englewood School
  • Gulf Shore Consolidated School
  • Westwood Primary School

Charlottetown Rural Family of Schools[]

  • Charlottetown Rural Senior High School
    • Stonepark Intermediate School - In fall 2016 it had 908 students,[3] with an increase by 70 from the previous academic year, making it the public K-12 school in PEI with the largest student enrollment.[4] The enrollment was 12% over the building's official capacity.[3]
      • L. M. Montgomery Elementary School
      • Stratford Elementary School
        • Glen Stewart Primary School
  • Donagh Regional School
  • Sherwood Elementary School

Colonel Gray Family of Schools[]

  • Colonel Gray Senior High School
  • Birchwood Intermediate School
  • Parkdale Elementary School
  • Prince Street Elementary School
  • Queen Charlotte Intermediate School
  • Spring Park Elementary School
  • St. Jean Elementary School
  • West Kent Elementary School
  • West Royalty Elementary School

Kensington Family of Schools[]

Kinkora Family of Schools[]

Montague Family of Schools[]

  • Montague Regional High School
  • Belfast Consolidated School
  • Cardigan Consolidated School
  • Georgetown Elementary School
  • Montague Consolidated School
  • Montague Intermediate School
  • Southern Kings Consolidated School
  • Vernon River Consolidated School

Morell Family of Schools[]

Souris Family of Schools[]

Three Oaks Family of Schools[]

  • Three Oaks Senior High School
    • Athena Consolidated School
    • Miscouche Consolidated School
    • Summerside Intermediate School
      • Elm Street Elementary School
      • Greenfield Elementary School
      • Parkside Elementary School

Westisle Family of Schools[]

  • Westisle Composite High School
    • Hernewood Intermediate School
      • Bloomfield Elementary School
      • Ellerslie Elementary School
      • O’Leary Elementary School
    • M. E. Callaghan Intermediate School
      • Alberton Elementary School
      • St. Louis Elementary School
      • Tignish Elementary School

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "New School Board".
  2. ^ PEI English Language School Board to be dissolved
  3. ^ a b Higgins, Brian (2016-09-28). "A tale of two schools: One's half empty, one's extra full". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  4. ^ Yarr, Kevin (2016-06-20). "'We just don't have any room left': Charlottetown school principal". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-07-30.

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