Item consists of the programme for the official opening of McArthur Elementary School and an invitation from W. W. Butchart to Progress Electric Ltd. to attend the opening.

Item is a photograph taken at the demolition site of Queen's Avenue [old] School. Seven identified men are standing in front of debris. Left to right: Walter Aiken (Adby Demolition), Robert H. Rae (EPSB Chairman), Walter Ramsay (first principal of Queen's Avenue [old] School), Ross S. Sheppard (EPS Superintendent), William Rea (pioneer principal of Edmonton High School), Harry G. Turner (EPSB Secretary-Treasurer), James MacDonald (EPSB Trustee). Mr. Aitken and Mr. Rae hold the cornerstone box [time capsule], and Mr. MacDonald holds the document found in the cornerstone box.

Item consists of plans of the H. A. Gray School. It has been color-coded to indicate the daily cleaning schedule. Item was removed from a frame.

Series contains documents pertaining to administrative activities of Edmonton Public Schools departments, schools, trustees, and committees.

Series contains documents pertaining to the administrative activities of Edmonton Public Schools departments, schools, Trustees, and committees. Series contains inactive files that were closed in June 1971 and sent to the vault for storage. Files are arranged numerically by the original file number assigned by creator.

Series contains correspondence pertaining to administrative activities of Edmonton Public Schools as well as trustees' acceptance and resignation letters.

Series reflects administrative activities of Strathcona School District No. 216. Although chiefly financial and staffing issues, opening of new schools, amalgamation with Edmonton School District No. 7, Inspector's Reports, correspondence with University of Alberta, Association of School Trustees of Alberta and Department of Education is also included. Of note is a letter from Lieutenant Governor Bulyea regarding the opening of Strathcona Collegiate Institute. Compiled by the Secretary-Treasurer, files are arranged chronologically. Correspondence of a related subject often glued together. The top document reflects the chronological date within the file but often much earlier documents are attached.

Series consists of documents from the Superintendent of Schools for the Edmonton Public School Board Trustees. The memoranda provided information about schools, students, staff, buildings, departments, curriculum changes, grievances, press releases and meetings. Appendices are included, but not all are on file.

Item is a plan which identifies the specific location of facilities and landscape elements to be developed on the Mill Woods Campus Site. This was to be a site of integrated and attached school and recreation facilities. Diagrams of possible configurations are included. Also included are Edmonton Public Schools curriculum requirements for playing fields and information about community characteristics.

Item is the Development Concept Report prepared on behalf of the Civic Administration by the Edmonton City Planning Department. it outlines the development plan of the area of Edmonton called Mill Woods. It includes site analysis, development objectives, and the development concept. Of note, the plan addresses the need for educational facilities, their location and access, and the potential school enrolment.

Item is a coil-bound plan detailing recommendations for school and core portable development for the 1980-1983 period. Core portables are structures attached to the main school building and are usually built in groups of 4, 6 or 8. The plan lists recommended projects, budgets, basis of budget development, the financial effects of the recommended projects, the effect of recommended construction in relation to district enrolment and capacity, and a ranking of the different projects into three priority levels.

Item is divided into four parts (a-d). (a) budget which lists equipment needed for each room, price of each item and total for each room. (b) memorandum that explains the list does not include music equipment, one unassigned vocational area and teaching aids such as maps and globes. It also recommends that the list of equipment be put out to tender. (c) site plan, main floor plan, and second floor plan. (d) Equipment Budget Breakdown by room. It includes the total equipment for vocational and academic budgets, and the total installation cost broken down into academic, vocational and labor budgets.

Item is a map produced by the Edmonton Public Schools Planning Branch showing the city's elementary schools and their boundaries for the 1973-1974 period. Donald Ross School has been highlighted in a red pen.

Item is a map produced by D. Pigeon showing the city's elementary schools and their boundaries for the 1981-1982 period. Some schools have been highlighted in pink and numbered with yellow stickers.

Item is a contract between William Deitz and the Strathcona School District No. 216 for the construction of Rutherford School.

Item lists the names and addresses of Edmonton Public Schools caretaking staff. It is organized alphabetically by school and building followed by the names of the senior swingshifts, junior swingshifts and spare caretakers.

Item consists of 25 architectural drawings of the proposed H. A. Gray School addition. Included is the room finish schedule, the door schedule and the locker schedule. The consulting structural engineers were C.C. Parker and Associates.

Item is a guide to programs and policies within Edmonton Public Schools. It is a single page, one side of which is a map of Edmonton showing the public schools.

Series consists of reports produced by teams of school inspectors visiting Edmonton Public High Schools. Inspectors comment on and critique the school’s philosophies, administration, programs, counseling services, library services, subject areas, and the physical plant. The report of McNally School only addresses the Biology Department and the Library Services.

Item contains a synopsis of the follow-up meeting held in response to the eight reports presented to Edmonton Public Schools by the Department of Education High School Inspection Team. A memorandum from the EPS Special Education Branch suggesting follow-up investigations, specifically at W. P. Wagner School, is also included.

Item is a prospectus for M. E. LaZerte High School which describes the philosophy of the school. It includes photographs of the school, teachers and students. It also includes a floor plan of the school as well as a biography and the curriculum vitae of Dr. Milton Ezra LaZerte.

Item is a prospectus for L. Y. Cairns School. It describes the school, the selection of students, the school program, work experience, and school services. It contains a chart showing where students are coming from and where they will go after leaving L. Y. Cairns School.

Item is a report to the Board of Trustees from the Superintendent of Schools recommending the construction of several new Edmonton Public Schools. The report is divided by school and includes construction detail, cost analysis, required financial support and drawings. Within the appendices are included General Background Information, Summary of New School Costs and Financial Support, Proposed Building Schedule, and Historical Summary of Elementary School Construction from 1965-1985.

Item is a report presenting the findings and interpretations of a survey which was conducted in order to better plan Junior High schools and, more specifically, to change the School Building Regulations.

Item is a report commissioned by the Parkallen Community League and presented to the Edmonton Public School Board. It was prepared by the Parkallen School Closure Committee and by Western Social and Geographic Surveys, Ltd. It addresses the proposed closure of Parkallen school and the community’s opposition. Included is the questionnaire survey which was conducted in the Parkallen neighbourhood.

Item is a petition signed by residents of the Parkallen neighbourhood opposing the closure of Parkallen school. It was sent to the Edmonton Public School Board. Also included is a general statement of concerns.

Item is an outline of the Building Quality Restoration Program (B. Q. R. P.) by Alberta Education, School Buildings Administration. It presents the program statement and categories of projects. The Appendices contain guidelines, instructions, plans, forms, and time charts.

Item is a study comparing five potential sites for a new administration building. It was produced by architectural and engineering firms. It is stamped “Interim Report”.

Item is a list of schools and indicates the number of portables each school uses and the purpose of the portables. The list was updated Mar 1973 from a Principal’s Questionnaire of Nov 1972.

Item consists of an inventory of Edmonton Public schools. Next to each school is the date occupied, gross square feet, and definition of additions.

Item is a list which indicates the number of students and teachers within Edmonton Public Schools per year as well as which schools were built each year. Prior to 1900, the number of students attending is not provided. Within the file is a draft and final version.

Item consists of two copies of a souvenir program. It includes a history of Edmonton Public Schools and photographs of school board officials and schools. Information about cadets and physical education also included. In addition, the description of building specifications for the Edmonton School and Oliver School are mentioned.

Item is the program of the official opening of M. E. LaZerte Composite High School. It includes a school plan, a list of the architects and contractors, and a list of administrative and support staff.

Item was created at the request of the Edmonton Public Schools Board of Trustees. It examines 30 schools either in need of renovation or affected by the City of Edmonton’s proposed roadway plans. For each school, information about Building and Site, Safety and Maintenance, Edmonton Transportation and Urban Renewal, and Functional Status is provided.

Item is a programme from the ceremonies which marked the moving of King George Park School from its old building to a new one. Biographies of teachers and staff are included.

Item is a report produced by the City of Edmonton in collaboration, in part, with Edmonton Public Schools. It is a proposed Site Development Plan for a West Jasper Place Educational and Recreation Centre southwest of 170 Street and 79 Avenue. The plan was not implemented.

Item is a catalogue of school supplies and furnishings. Prices are included.

Item is a program from the Official Opening of the Centre for Education. It includes the order of ceremonies and the names of the presenters.

Item is document given to Central Services staff and their families at an opening event at the Centre for Education. It lists activities for the evening including dinner in the café, tours, and student entertainment in the atrium. Item was signed by Derald Willows, Centre for Education Opening Activities Coordinator.

Item lists the roles and managers of the six teams within the Information Services Branch. A floor plan of the Branch within the Centre for Education is included.

Item is the pair of scissors used to cut ceremonial ribbon at the Official Opening of the Centre for Education on 28 Sep 1984. Tied to the scissors is a bow made from the official ribbon.

Item consists of the ceremonial ribbon cut at the Official Opening of the Centre for Education on 28 Sep 1984. The ribbon was red and blue but has faded to purple and blue.

Item is a Cross ball point-pen issued as a souvenir of the Official Opening of the Centre for Education. The pen is engraved: CENTRE FOR EDUCATION Sept. 28, 1984. The case is labeled: Centre For Education September 28, 1984.

Item is a button showing a stack of books and an apple with the words “one kingsway” beneath. Around the bottom edge of the button are the words “Centre for Education”.

Item is a videocassette with two Victoria Composite Television Productions. The first, entitled “Expansion 83 EPS”, looks at the building of the Centre for Education. The second, untitled, shows highlights from the Centre for Education’s Official Opening Ceremony on 28 Sep 1984.

Item is the videocassette recording of the Official Opening of the Centre for Education. The label on the videocassette case indicates that it is designed for still picture reproduction.

Item is an Edmonton Public Schools staff bulletin that features photographs and information about the opening of the Centre for Education.

Item is a student exercise book used as a Utilities Record Book at Victoria School. It records utilities readings, including the amount of coal received and used. All entries are hand-written.

Item consists of Heating and Ventilating Specs for two schools not yet built. One school would be located on Block 7, 8 (HBR), which was bordered by 107 and 108 Streets, the Legislature and Jasper Avenue. The second would be located on one of the Hudsons Bay Additions.

Item consists of specs for the building, heating and ventilation of H. A. Gray School signed by contractors Doyle, Thomas and Christensen Ltd and by Kelly and Kokott Co. Correspondence about construction problems and costs is included. Reference is made to King Edward and McDougall Schools under construction at the same time.