Item is a brief summary of the Open Area and co-operative teaching concepts. A list of Open Area Schools within Edmonton Public Schools is included.

Series consists of the minutes of the Edmonton Public Schools Education Committee, made up of Trustees, School Board officials and representatives from the ATA and other unions and a representative from the Home and School Association. The committee addressed issues affecting the delivery of education including new courses, changes in programs and required educational materials. The minutes are signed by the secretary.

Series consists of photocopies of the minutes of the Edmonton Public Schools Education Committee and related memorandums, speeches and reports. The committee was made up of Edmonton Public Schools trustees and school officials. Administrative personnel were frequently at meetings.

Item is a coil-bound brief written by members of the McKernan Study Group, a committee of the McKernan Home and School Association. It suggests ways to improve the quality of education in Alberta.

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.

Item is a notebook which logs students transferring in and out of McQueen School. Each entry includes the date, the studen'ts name, and from where to where the student is transferring.

Item is a booklet of carbon copies of transfer slips. These are the slips of students who left McQueen school and each slip includes the date, the student's name, age, grade, address, attendance during the present month, and the school to which the student is going. Each slip is signed by the teacher and principal.

Item consists of the class lists for Grades I to VI at Donald Ross Schools. Included are students' names, addresses, birthdates, schools last attended, and religions.

Item is a booklet of transfer slips from Donald Ross School. It contains the carbon copies of transfer slips given to students transferring out of Donald Ross School to other schools within Edmonton Public Schools.

Item is a certificate issued to H.A. Gray school from the CFRN Radio and Television Station, Sunwapta Broadcasting Limited, honoring the schools' crossing patrols. It does not list the names of individual students.

Item is a booklet of transfer slips. These are the slips of students who left McQueen school and include the date, the student's name, address, age, grade, attendance during the present month, and the school to which the student is going.

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 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 is a notebook which logs students transferring in and out of McQueen School. For students transferring in, each entry includes the date, the student's name, grade, address, former teacher, former school, and the room to which they are assigned. For those transferring out, each entry includes the date, the student's name, grade, teacher and to which school or locality the student is going. There are no entries for 1963-1964 for students transferring in.

Item is the minute book for the meetings of the Manual Training or Industrial Arts Staff of Edmonton Public Schools. The minutes include discussions about timetabling, curriculum, maintenance of shop space, and materials.

Item is a newspaper covering local news, with some international and national items. Three stories are of note. The first is the Edmonton School closing for the summer on May 31st so the teacher, Mr. Martin, could meet his arriving family in Calgary. Second, is the voting on the creation of East Edmonton School District. Third, is the promotion examinations held in the public school on May 26, 27. The names of the children are included as are the arithmetic examination questions for standards four and five.

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.

Item is an invitation to the official opening of the new Edmonton Technical School on 03 Jan 1923. Included is a history of the school.

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.

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

Item documents the purchasing and selling of Edmonton Public Schools sites. Legal land descriptions and the names of those selling land to the School Board or purchasing land from the School Board are included.

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

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 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.

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

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

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 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.

Item is a ledger of Edmonton Public Schools sites. Listed with the name of each school are the land title, date, lot, block, plan, subdivision, acres, and purchasing details.

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 two identical posters advertising Education Week May 2-6, 1983. The photographs of six well-know Edmonton Public Schools graduates are featured with quotes about Education.

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 is a list of schools, the years they were built, the cost of each school and the cost per class room for each school. The costs of frame buildings are combined together.

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.

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.

This item is a file of notes compiled by Herbert Story during his position as Building Commissioner 1916-1936, with some additions made by an unknown author after Mr. Story’s tenure. Detailed, organized notes were made regarding school buildings constructed between 1904-1931, site plans, playgrounds, school furnishings, air quality in schools, washroom facilities, sports grounds, and formulas to make stone preservative, linseed oil soap, Sanispray, disinfectant, hectograph mass, ink, and blackboard dressing.

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 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 compilation of Board Policies and Bylaws. It is divided into Part I, Operation of the School System and, Part II, Operation of the Edmonton Public School Board.