Posted on 2026-04-08 16:03:18.098 +0000 UTC
The High Prairie School Division Board of Trustees met on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 for their regularly scheduled meeting. After additions to the agenda, the meeting proceeded through the agenda items.
Trustees moved to change the structure of the Advocacy Committee to be a committee of the whole. It was currently with two trustees and an alternate. The motion to amend Board Policy received first and second reading. Third and final reading will be held at the April Board Meeting.
Superintendent Marran spoke to the next agenda item, Bloomfield Colony School. The colony is not prepared to look at a school or structures for at least several years.
Trustees discussed the recently completed safety report that was requested from school authorities in Alberta.
Trustees discussed location and dates for the 2027 Strategic Planning meeting. The meeting takes place after the annual Alberta Rural Education Symposium.
Trustees received and approved the 2026 Edwin Parr Award nominee and the Friends of Education Award nominee.
The Board approved the renovations to the High Prairie Daycare building. These are for the fire suppression system and an air conditioning installation.
The renovation of the Roland Michener Secondary School kitchen and the DocuShare to SharePoint Data Migration were both approved by the Board of Trustees.
E.W. Pratt High School’s proposed international field trip to Italy on Spring Break in 2027 received approval in principle.
Trustees reviewed and approved the 2024-27 (Year 3) HPSD Capital Plan. The plan removed the number one priority, the modernization of Georges P. Vanier School, as it is part of the school accelerator program.
Trustees received and accepted the Superintendent’s Report and the Finance Report.
The Board reviewed a request from the Town of High Prairie to access the dirt hill near the HPSD Learning Support Centre. They further discussed the Division’s Classroom Complexity submission.
The meeting was then adjourned.