Board of Trustees

Mon, 27 Jun, 2016

Community consultations lead to custom-designed school

Ivor Dent School is the result of hundreds of hours of consultation between the District, city and provincial officials and the community.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2016

HONOURING OUR NEW SCHOOL NAMESAKES

We're excited to announce the names of nine new schools opening in the fall of 2017! 

Thu, 21 Apr, 2016

TRUSTEES TO ASK PROVINCE TO PHASE OUT PRIVATE SCHOOL FUNDING

Trustees will soon ask the province to phase out public funding of private schools and instead re-invest that money into the public system. 

Fri, 8 Apr, 2016

TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE STUDENT SENATE

Trustees unanimously approved a student-designed model that would create a Student Senate and three student trustees.

Tue, 29 Mar, 2016

Trustees to ask for help with costs of educating Syrian newcomers

The Board of Trustees will ask the federal government to contribute to the cost of educating Syrian newcomer students, who have arrived in Edmonton over the last few months.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2015

Highlights of Achievements from 2014-2015

Edmonton Public Schools shared the highlights of its achievements from the 2014-2015 school year during the November 24, 2015 board meeting.

Thu, 8 Oct, 2015

Michael Janz acclaimed as board chair

Trustee Michael Janz will continue as board chair and Michelle Draper as vice-chair after being acclaimed at Tuesday's board meeting. 

Mon, 13 Jul, 2015

Board urges province to extend campaign finance reform measure to municipal elections

The Board is lending its support to a plan to ban corporate and union donations to provincial election candidates, and is hoping those reforms will be extended to those running for mayor, city councillor and trustee positions.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2015

Board approves $1 billion budget for 2015-2016 school year

The Board of Trustees unanimously approved Edmonton Public Schools' $1.08 billion budget for the 2015-2016 school year at their regularly scheduled board meeting yesterday.

Tue, 23 Jun, 2015

Board of Trustees seeks external audit committee member

Edmonton Public School trustees are seeking a finance professional to join the Audit Committee.