Public Schools Branch

Public Schools Branch
Inspire - Achieve - Belong
Public Schools Branch Inspire - Achieve - Belong
Location
	Stratford and Summerside, Prince Edward Island Charlottetown, Stratford, Summerside, Cornwall, Montague, Souris, Kensington, Alberton Canada
Coordinates	46°13′36″N 63°05′14″W / 46.2266°N 63.0873°W
District information
Chair of the board	Bethany MacLeod (chair) ; Norbert Carpenter (director)
Schools	38 elementary schools; 8 junior high schools; 10 high schools;
Students and staff
Students	20,000
Faculty	3500
Other information
Board Members	Norman Beck, Mary Jane Ready
Website	edu.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 56 public schools (gr. K–12) in Prince County, Queens County and Kings County. It maintains offices in Stratford and Summerside It currently enrolls approximately 20,000 students and has about 3500 employees.

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

Kensington Intermediate Senior High School
- Queen Elizabeth Elementary School

Kinkora Family of Schools

Kinkora Regional High School
- Amherst Cove Consolidated School
- Somerset Elementary School

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

Morell Regional High School
- Morell Consolidated School
- Mt. Stewart Consolidated School

Souris Family of Schools

Souris Regional School

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

References

^ "New School Board".
^ "P.E.I. English school board cut, Department of Education takes over". CBC News. 2015-11-05. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08.
^ ^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.
^ Yarr, Kevin (2016-06-20). "'We just don't have any room left': Charlottetown school principal". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-07-30.

External links

Official website
English Language School Board website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- Former Western School Board website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- Former Eastern School District website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

[1] "New School Board".

[2] "P.E.I. English school board cut, Department of Education takes over". CBC News. 2015-11-05. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08.

[Higginstale-3] 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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