UCP government orders school boards to remove 'public' from names

The Alberta government has ordered a number of school boards to remove "public" from their names. In a ministerial order effective Sept. 1, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange changed the names of eight public school divisions, including The Boards of Trustees of Edmonton School District No 7's. "We are now referred to as The Edmonton School Division and The Boards of Trustees of Edmonton School Division," an Edmonton Public School spokesperson told CTV News Edmonton in a statement. However, the