These files were created by Alan E. Parry, System Planner, whose position reported to the Superintendent & Secretary Treasurer at the time of the pilot project. Series consists of files pertaining to the development of budget decentralizing known as School Based Budget. The files and responsibility for School Based Budget moved with Parry when he transferred to Associate Superintendent Planning & Development Services in 1979-80. By 1980-81 School Based Budget was implemented district-wide.

Item consist of correspondence between Fairview School and the Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of Edmonton Public Schools. Prior to 1949, Fairview School was named North Delton School.

Item consists of correspondence with the Superintendent of Edmonton Public Schools either from or about Queen’s Avenue School.

Item contains correspondence to the Superintendent of Edmonton Public Schools either about or from Ross Sheppard Composite High School. It includes information on the 1959 shooting incident.

Item is a file about the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 02 June 1939 as it relates to Edmonton Public Schools’ students. Information about the route of the royal procession and how and where students could watch is included.

Item consists of correspondence about funds raised by students for relief and about assistance offered to students in need.

Item consists of correspondence and documents pertaining to the court case of teacher John M. Swain vs. Superintendent McKee, Cedric O. Hicks, A. E. Ottewell and A. T. Cushing.

Item is a file pertaining to the 1974, 1975 and 1978 dinners hosted by the Trustees of Edmonton Public Schools and Edmonton Catholic Schools to which Alberta MLAs were invited. Some speeches are included. File maintained by Trustee Shirley E. Forbes.

Item consists of letters from R.S. Sheppard, Superintendent of Schools, regarding records of former students.

Item consists of correspondence with the Superintendent of Schools, R.S. Sheppard. Letters consists of requests of information from students residing outside of Edmonton but wanting to attend Edmonton Public Schools. Letters are filed chronologically.

Item consists of a memorandum to the Superintendent with attached survey and documentation. Item addresses the effectiveness of the Bureau of Child Study Services and its current deployment plan.

Item consists of reports, minutes and research produced by the Committee on Education in Older Areas of the City. This committee was made up of senior officials in Edmonton Public Schools. It investigated problems associated with educating children in inner city schools and addressed future city development which would affect inner city schools.

Item focuses on Dramatics in the Intermediate and High Schools. Included are supply costs, costs for erecting stages with written and sketched plans and correspondence from the Alberta Dramatic League. Intermediate and High Schools offering Dramatics in 1937 are listed with names of the Dramatics teachers. These are McKay Avenue, King Edward, Westmount, Strathcona, McCauley, Victoria, Eastwood, Spruce Avenue, Highlands, Riverdale, Normal Practice, Garneau and H.A. Gray.

Item contains correspondence regarding intelligence tests. Included are letters of concern from parents, a copy of a letter from the Edmonton High School Teachers' Alliance and correspondence with C.B. Willis, Victoria High, regarding the comparison of student I.Q.'s within the city High Schools. Also included is a sample test.

Series consists of files created by A. George Bayly, which include correspondence, memoranda, notices and general information to and from Bayly. Most material relates to Elementary curriculum, curriculum development, testing and reading. Bayly’s titles for this period were as follows: Elementary Supervisor or Supervisor, Elementary Education (1946-47, 1947-48), Director of Elementary Education (1948-49 to Oct 1955), and Assistant Superintendent, Elementary Education (beginning 01 Oct 1955).

Series consists of files created by A. George Bayly and include memoranda, tests, reports, and informational documents relating to Elementary Education. Bayly’s titles during this period were as follows: Elementary Supervisor or Supervisor, Elementary Education (1947-48), Director of Elementary Education (1948-49 to Oct 1955), and Assistant Superintendent, Elementary Education (beginning 01 Oct 1955).

Item pertains to the Vacation School, a program at Victoria High School to prepare grade XI students for supplemental examinations. Examinations were conducted by the Department of Education and the University of Alberta. The Vacation School was aimed at students who failed their June examinations but others took the summer courses as well. File includes correspondence, planning information and reports from teachers.

Series consists of an analysis of the Curriculum Division within Edmonton Public Schools and the documents which support this analysis. The Curricular Division contained three departments: the Curricular Services Department, the Pupil Services Department, and the Research and Evaluation Department.

Series consists of correspondence and documents pertaining to the music program in Edmonton Public Schools.

Item consists of correspondence between the Superintendent of Schools and principals regarding the removal of straps from the classrooms and the exchange of smaller straps for larger ones.

Series consists of student assessments used by Guidance personnel.

Item consists of correspondence, tenders, accounts and bills pertaining to the construction of McCauley School.

Item consists of correspondence and accounts pertaining to the construction of the Garneau Temporary School. Most of the correspondence is between the construction firm of O.J. Edinger and the School Board Building Commissioner.

Item consists of letters of tender and other correspondence pertaining to the old Garneau School building (frame construction).

Item consists of specifications required for a temporary one-room school, possibly for Riverdale Temporary School No. 2. The specifications were prepared by George Turner, Building Commissioner at Edmonton Public Schools.

Item includes letters of tender for construction of a temporary frame school in Elm Park, a list of hardware used, correspondence from the Building Commissioner at Edmonton Public Schools to the contractor and sub-contractors, and a balance sheet.

Series consists primarily of correspondence pertaining to the work done by Supervisors and Directors working out McKay Avenue School.

Item contains descriptions of the boilers and electrical machines in Edmonton Public Schools. General information about the boilers is included.

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.

Item consists of the general contract, plumbing, heating and ventilation tenders for the construction of Cromdale School. Correspondence from construction firms and copies of correspondence from the Building Commissioner are included.

Item consists of tenders for boilers at Cromdale School. Blueprints and boiler information packages are included.

Item includes letters of tender for repairing and extending Syndicate Avenue School. It also includes correspondence to the contractor from Edmonton Public Schools Building Commissioner during construction.

Item consists of letters of tender for the building of temporary schools in Allendale, Highlands, Elm Park, Norwood Extension, and Vermillion Avenue. Correspondence with the successful contractors and balance sheets are included.

Series pertains to the construction, modifications and maintenance of EPSB schools and buildings. Included are construction schedules, tender specifications, architectural and engineering correspondence, blueprints, plans, school inspection reports, and caretaking appointments and resignations. The series is a complete record of the building programs carried out by EPSB on a school by school basis during the period 1942-1972.

Series pertains to policy development within Edmonton Public Schools. The series is arranged into three sub-series: 84.51.3 Policy Development : Survey of Principals, 84.51.4-7 Policy Development : Advisory Committee which contains agenda, minutes, memoranda and the policies and regulations the committee has agreed to, 84.51.8 Policy Development : Project Booklets and Draft Policies which consists of Advisory Committee notes and a draft policy manual.

Item is a document pertaining to the formula used to calculate the amount of time principals should be in the classroom and the use of relieving teachers to take over their classroom work. It lists the schools, their principals, and the amount of time that a relieving teacher would have to provide in 1927-1928 compared to 1926-1927. It appears to be written by the Superintendent of Schools.

Item contains a letter from J. Percy Page, Principal of McDougall Commercial High School to G.A. McKee, Superintendent of Edmonton Public Schools, explaining how the double shift system within McDougall Commercial High School is organized. The remainder of the file is hand-written evaluations of the double shift system written by students and one teacher, Oliver McKee.

Item consists of information pertaining to Education Week at H. A. Gray School. Included is a public manual, general planning information, a classroom guide for Open House 1960, and information from the principal about activities for Education Week 1967.

Item pertains to the annual spring tea held at H. A. Gray School. Included are programs, job allocations, tickets, applications to the Provincial Government for permission to hold Raffles, expenses, supplies, procedures, and information about displays.

Item consists of information to use during Commonwealth Day observances. Empire Day changed to Commonwealth Day in 1958. Included is information about the flag and a souvenir programme of the Official Flag Raising Ceremony from the visit of Governor General Georges Vanier to Edmonton Public Schools.

Item consists of information about staff members and Edmonton Public Schools, which was used to compose the speech delivered by Board Chairman Joan Cowling at the 1985 Retirement Banquet.

Item consists of correspondence, choir programs, sheet music and notes relating to after-school music lessons. The hand-written note describing music instructor Mrs. Mary E. Luck was written by George Luck.

Item consists of reports about the declining enrolment in the Edmonton Technical School and about the use of the Technical School by the Wartime Emergency Training Program.

Item pertains to the collecting and analyzing of financial data from several school boards including: correspondence and completed questionnaires from various Canadian school boards, a chart showing the cost per capita for 1923 on the basis of school attendance for several Canadian cities as well as Los Angeles, Seattle and Spokane, a second chart comparing the education cost per capita for 1922 of several Canadian cities, a third chart comparing teacher salaries in different Canadian cities as well as Los Angeles, Seattle and Spokane, and a diagram comparing the cost of public schools across the Canadian provinces. This file was compiled by Sarah Wilson, Edmonton Public Schools Secretary-Treasurer (1921-1925).

Item consists of Empire Day programs from schools submitted to the office of R.S. Sheppard, Superintendent of Schools.

Item relates to the saluting of the flag in schools during WW II and immediately afterwards. In January 1940, the Board approved the ceremony of saluting and pledging to the flag. The file contains correspondence relating to the suspension of students who refused to salute the flag. Other correspondence is from the RCMP, the Deputy Attorney General, Office of the City Solicitor and the Coleman School District. A list of students who were suspended is included.

Item is a file of correspondence pertaining to administration and collection of property taxes for the West Edmonton School District No. 2320.

Item is a file pertaining to the administration and collection of property taxes for the West Edmonton School District No. 2320.

Item consists of financial documents pertaining to the collecting of taxes for the West Edmonton School District No. 2320.

Item consist of correspondence, accounts, and agendas pertaining to the Holyrood Home and School Association. It also contains a photocopy of a 1966 newspaper clipping about the Holyrood Home and School Association’s dissatisfaction with the Alberta Federation of Home and School Associations.