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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…
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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…
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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   …
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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…
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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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RESOLUTION 2023-2 READING LITERACY

WHEREAS    the definition of reading “Reading Comprehension is the product of Decoding and Language Comprehension (RC = D x LC);” Decoding is the ability to use the Knowledge of letter-sound correspondences to “sound out” written words; language comprehension is the ability to understand spoken and written language; only when students are proficient in both can…
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