Resolution 2024-5 REQUEST A REVIEW OF KINDERGARTEN EXEMPTION FROM SPLIT-LEVEL CLASSROOM COMPOSITION
the curriculum for kindergarten classrooms is a play-based learning model; and this type of play based learning model includes a wide range of activities all of which have the concept of play at the centre of their design; and the curriculum for the remaining grades of one through six is more of an academic model, which…
Read More Resolution 2024-4 CREATION OF A POLICY RELATED TO SCREEN USE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS ON PEI
RECOGNIZING the incredible efforts of our dedicated teachers, both parents and educators agree on the monumental work teachers undertake for the betterment of our children’s education. Despite the challenges presented by the rapidly evolving technological landscape, teachers strive to provide the best possible learning environment, and RECOGNIZING the evolving landscape of educational technology through the…
Read More Resolution 2024-3 FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING VAPING DETECTORS IN SCHOOLS
BE IT RESOLVED that the PEI Home and School Federation asks the Minister of Education and Early Years, the Public Schools Branch, the Minister of Health and Wellness and Chief Public Health Office to meet with the PEI Home and School Federation to discuss the prevalence of vaping in PEI’s intermediate and high schools[1],[2], with…
Read More Resolution 2024-2 AMEND AN ADDITION TO PROCEDURE 205.1 OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BRANCH WEATHER RELATED CANCELLATION, DELAY, OR EARLY DISMISSAL POLICY TO INCLUDE EXTREME HOT WEATHER/HEAT WHEN THE HUMIDEX IS OVER 35°C
WHEREAS climate change shows us that warmer and hotter temperatures begin earlier in the spring and can last well into the fall school year. These temperatures can create unsafe indoor temperatures for PEI students and staff especially when the humidex reaches 35°C or above and there are no cooling systems in the schools, and WHEREAS …
Read More Resolution 2024-1 REQUEST AN INQUIRY INTO THE TEMPERATURE OF PEI SCHOOLS
WHEREAS the Public Schools Branch should be concerned with reducing the carbon footprint of PEI schools, and the energy savings cost of heating island schools, (The Energy Star, 2019), and WHEREAS schools are being heated during unoccupied times, (CBC News, 2007), and in unnecessary places such as gyms, and WHEREAS island schools…
Read More RESOLUTION 2023-3 STREAMLINING SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
WHEREAS only approximately 3.5% of eligible voters on Prince Edward Island registered for mail-in ballots for the 2022 School Board Trustee Election1, and WHEREAS voter turnout was low across all zones2 for which elections were held3 WHEREAS the process of requiring eligible voters to register for a mail-in ballot, and having mail-in ballots as…
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