Public Schools Branch
Inspire - Achieve - Belong
Location
Canada
Coordinates46°13′36″N 63°05′14″W / 46.2266°N 63.0873°W / 46.2266; -63.0873
District information
Chair of the boardBethany MacLeod (chair)
Norbert Carpenter (director)
Schools
  • 38 elementary schools
  • 8 junior high schools
  • 10 high schools
Students and staff
Students20,000
Faculty3500
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 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

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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

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Bluefield Family of Schools

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Charlottetown Rural Family of Schools

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Colonel Gray Family of Schools

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Kensington Family of Schools

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Kinkora Family of Schools

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Montague Family of Schools

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Morell Family of Schools

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Souris Family of Schools

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Three Oaks Family of Schools

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Westisle Family of Schools

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See also

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References

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  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.
  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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