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My kids spent the afternoon today making signs to carry to the Legislature tomorrow in the school walkout protests planned.

Super impressed and happy about this … the kids are all right.

#ABPoli #yegSchoolWalkout #UCP #YouthProtest #EPSB

@hanspetermeyer @canada

All the <gasp> shocking <gasp> examples they have published three times now, were all gender queer coming of age stories, and the #UCP is super frustrated that #EPSB doesn’t seem to get the hint, but will need to be told explicitly to yank all the queer books.

ps thank you EPSB for playing dumb until they either give up or have to say it out loud.

Today Premier Smith doubles down on what the UCP does best: pointing fingers.

Today, the finger is pointing at EPSB for doing *exactly* what the Minister asked them to do.

Of course the three fingers pointing back at them are the more revealing ones:
1. Clearly the Minister of Education isn’t capable of writing clear instructions. Perhaps the problem is his incompetence.
2. They keep lying about graphic images of sex available to elementary age students, which is patently not true.
3. The true purpose of the order was not to limit sexually explicit material, but to specifically target LGBTQ+ content in libraries.

Thank you to EPSB for making them say *exactly* what they really mean.

#ABPoli #UCP #BookBan #EPSB

So now is when the rubber hits the road for Alberta’s discriminatory anti-trans laws. Edmonton families are receiving notices to complete forms that confirm assigned at birth sex to be eligible to participate in women’s only athletics. This screenshot from Strathcona High School.

#ABPoli #EPSB #AntiTrans #UCP

Screenshot of a notice to,students and families. At the bottom is the crest of Strathcona High School. Text reads:

ATHLETICS UPDATE

ATTENTION ALL FEMALE ATHLETES

The Government of Alberta recently introduced new legislation called the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, which went into effect on September 1, 2025. This new law requires all Alberta schools to confirm the eligibility of female student athletes who are 12 years of age or older and wish to participate in a competitive female-only sport team.

To meet the requirements of this provincial legislation, families of all female student athletes ages 12 and older who are interested in playing on a competitive female-only sports team, are required to complete the Fairness and Safety in Sport Confirmation Form. This form will confirm your child's eligibility to participate.

For more information, please login into SchoolZone to view and print the form. A signed copy of the form by the athlete's legal guardian must be brought to the main office before attending the first tryout (at this time, Volleyball or Flag Football) or practice (at this time, Cross Country or Swim).

Thank you for your time.

A junior high teacher I know says he has 38 students assigned to his grade 8 math class in Edmonton. The room can fit 32 desks. This is in a school officially designated as not full because they haven’t (yet) exceeded the fire code… it’s really not about wages.

A reminder that money does not have any value of its own, only the values we imbue it with. What we spend our money on speaks of our values. Clearly the Gov of Alberta doesn’t value education or our children.

#ABPoli #UCP #Education #TeachersStrike #yeg #epsb

Sooooo... Here's another thing I've heard about the #AlbertaBookBan - it applies to classrooms as well as libraries; school starts Tuesday, teachers have been busy prepping, and now they have to not only go through the lists and pull books, they also have to scan the cover of every single book. IN THE SCHOOL. I'm hearing kids will not be able to borrow library books, or bring books from home to read at school, until October 1.

Anyone else have any further insider scoop on this? It almost feels like a game of chicken heading into a union strike.
#EPSB #abpoli

Apropos of book bans, I came across this while looking up some of the books on the #EPSB list. #abpoli

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/fully-booked-literary-podcast/id1618692851?i=1000713831553

I'm reviewing the list of #EPSB #abpoli banned books, and looking up some of the books.
I read the summary of Forever... by Judy Blume, which I knew I'd read but didn't remember - and the mention of "Ralph" brought it all back. It was a running joke in my circle of friends in high school; we used "Ralph" as a euphemism for ages. 🤣
So yeah, I definitely read it in high school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever..._(novel)

The banned book list dropped today. Make sure to include some of these in your school supplies buy so that your kid can trade illicit goods on the playground!

There's some good ones on the list.

#ucp #goodParenting #yeg #epsb

A list of banned books including famous works like American Gods (Neil Gaiman) and Brave New World (Aldous Huxley).

A list of banned books including famous works like The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) and A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin).

A list of banned books including famous works like Looking for Alaska (John Green).

A list of banned books including famous works like The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough) and The Sandman (Neil Gaiman).

@dyckron

Oh great: David Parker, Take Back Alberta, et al want to make your schools the front line battle ground for the culture wars, even more than they already are. Alberta, make sure you find out who the smart, capable, and progressive candidates are in your district, we can’t let these people get in… can you imagine TBA types on the school board and the #UCP in the Leg at the same time? They will tear apart everything you value about your children and your grandchildren’s schooling: the only reason things aren’t already much worse is because the big school boards have been doing a hero’s job of pushing back against the GovofAB.

#ABPoli #EPSB #SchoolBoards #TBA

OMG! EPSB simply can't be trusted with making decisions in your childs best interests. The ECSD in stark contrast, and surprising given the catholic ways with children, are wiser and won't take our children for a hands-on field trip to learn about fascism.

#Yeg #abpoli #epsb

St. Albert Public Schools
suspends U.S. student
trips amid border
tensions as other school
divisions proceed with
caution

St. Albert schools suspend U.S. trips
though others proceed; illness
absences remain below outbreak
levels

Published Apr 21, 2025 « 3 minute read

While no previously approved or paid-for
trips have been cancelled, some that were
under consideration will now not proceed,
the board told Postmedia via email.
Meanwhile, Edmonton Public Schools
(EPSB) confirmed “there are currently five
schools in the division that have trips
scheduled to the United States for the
remainder of this school year. At this time,
they are all still going ahead.” The board
declined to share names or details of these
schools and trips.

The division added that it monitors updates
and travel advisories from the Government
of Canada on an ongoing basis and that
there have been “no changes in insurance
coverage for travel to the United States.”
Edmonton Catholic Schools (ECSD) said it
does not have any U.S. student trips
scheduled for the remainder of this school
year, nor does it have any confirmed for the
2025-2026 school year. ECSD noted that all
international trips are governed by its
Administrative Procedure 260 — Field Trips,
which includes detailed risk assessments,
safety planning, and review of federal travel
advisories.

The division said, “International travel is
only permitted for high school students and
must be directly connected to Alberta
curriculum or extracurricular performance-
based objectives.”

Is there anyone for the #epsb online. Is information on EPSB students covered by the hacking of PowerSchool? #yeg

From: @cbcnewsedmontonbot
https://mstdn.ca/@cbcnewsedmontonbot/113872790225450138

Seems a pretty clear signal from the #yeg #epsb on where the Double-Secret Negotiating Limits the province has put on them. #abpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/substitute-teachers-replacing-school-support-staff-during-strike-a-slap-in-the-face-union-president-1.7433957

Support staff at Edmonton Public Schools, Sturgeon Public School Division serving strike notice: CUPE
Last month, CUPE 3550 members voted to reject a wage increase offer from the dispute inquiry board.
#labor #strike #education #wage #Edmonton #CUPE3550 #EdmontonPublicSchoolBoard #EPSB
https://globalnews.ca/news/10950536/edmonton-sturgeon-public-school-division-support-staff-strike-notice/

First day of school for my grade 1, 3 and 4 children with #epsb in #yeg

I enjoy the excited reunions and high emotions of a new school year full of potential and wonder.

I'm still a bit sad that the full and half days with my kids has ended but today helped me embrace the joy of what lies ahead while giving thanks for all the good days that were and the life lessons they will carry with them in all the years ahead.

I'm catching up on the #EPSB meeting where they voted to bring back police officers into schools. I'm still watching the meeting video, but as I'm watching, I've been struck by the... I don't know, irony? disconnect? complete wilful blindness to the events happening at unis across N. America. We're seeing daily reports of cops at unis beating, assaulting, harassing student protesters. And you want these guys in our schools??? #yeg #Edmonton

@anyGould

Over the last several years, it has been clear that the UCP and police have a common (or at least parallel) agenda. The #UCP strong-armed #yegcc into restoring police funding, and are now spending this session at #ABLeg to ensure that they will have direct rather than indirect control of municipalities and and school boards. #EPSB may have been advised this was a fight not worth fighting.

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@Kellyshenanigans

I don't know if this is the current version used, but the second column of the bullet points DEFINITELY gives them permission to post to socials at THEIR discretion. 😬

> posting pictures, videos, podcasts or
media applications (e.g., FaceBook, Picasa, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter presentations online; and other emerging technologies).

#yeg
#abed
#EPSB
#schools
#permissions
#forms
#waivers
#privacy

@SwiftOnSecurity

FOIP 'consent' waiver form from Edmonton Publc School board, including permission to

> Examples include, but are not limited to:
…
• posting pictures, videos, podcasts or
media applications (e.g., FaceBook, Picasa, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter presentations online; and other emerging technologies).

@anyGould

I have long held that if a position is defensible, it should be so through truth, not subterfuge. Labelling a waiver as a consent form is deception, even if unintentional/accidental.

Making up complete lies about participating in a school activity over refusing to grant an overbroad waiver is ACTIVE deception.

I am very frustrated for the former but have zero tolerance for the latter. 😐

5/5

#yeg
#yyc
#abed
#EPSB
#schools
#forms

@SwiftOnSecurity

#epsb

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