Edmonton Public School Board

• Edmonton Public Schools teachers reject mediator’s proposal, authorize strike vote

  Teachers employed by Edmonton Public Schools voted 97 per cent in favour of authorizing the Alberta Teachers' Association to ask for a government-supervised strike vote.

  Education

  Oct 23, 2023
  
• Julie Kusiek named new chair of Edmonton Public School Board

  Less than a week after Trisha Estabrooks resigned as chair of the Edmonton Public School Board, the school division has named her replacement.

  Education

  Oct 11, 2023
  
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• EPSB celebrates school division’s takeover of building that houses Edmonton’s Centre High Campus

  Trisha Estabrooks, chair of the Edmonton Public Schools Board, said the campus serves a vital role in allowing Edmontonians to upgrade their education or to achieve other goals.

  Education

  Sep 28, 2023
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• New Edmonton school named after Saddle Lake Cree Nation elder

  Edmonton Public Schools is honouring elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack by naming a new high school in Meadows after him.

  Education

  Sep 12, 2023
• Edmonton Public Schools anticipating to be 100% full by 2030

  EPSB believes if enrolment and capital funding stay constant at its current utilization rate, there will be 34,000 more students than spaces in the system in 10 years.

  Education

  Mar 22, 2023
• Province announces plans for priority school projects across Alberta

  The projects are part of the $2.3-billion education budget that was announced by the province Tuesday.

  Education

  Mar 1, 2023
• Edmonton Public Schools asks province to bring back mask mandates during illness outbreaks

  The Edmonton Public School Board will be reaching out to Alberta's chief medical officer of health (CMOH) for advice on how to deal with a surge of illness in its schools.

  Education

  Nov 15, 2022
• Smith reiterates no mask mandate — says access to meds, ERs priority for dealing with flu, RSV

  Premier Danielle Smith said having supply to medications like children's Tylenol will help deal with the rising number of cases of flu and RSV, and reduce ER visits.

  Health

  Nov 14, 2022
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• 14K+ Edmonton students off sick as respiratory illnesses spike in region

  'Usually we don't see things like this until the thick of winter, and usually even then not quite this bad. It's certainly out of the norm.'

  Health

  Nov 4, 2022
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• Dozens of Alberta schools on ‘respiratory illness’ outbreaks

  An outbreak is declared by Alberta Health Services when schools report at least 10 per cent of students are sick.

  Health

  Sep 21, 2022