Public Schools

This section of The Homeroom connects to major elements and features of the public school system.

• First Annual Report of the Superintendent of Education, 1872
  A transcription of the full text of John Jessop's first report. This is a remarkably detailed document. It offers an historical overview of the public system, a summary of Jessop's philosophy of education, and critical assessments of schools on Vancouver Island and the Mainland. The report contains the names and qualifications of teachers, a list of authorized textbooks and a note on the private and denominational schools then operating in the province.
   
• Organizational Charts, 1872 - 1937
  These charts show the growth of the education bureaucracy from the early days of the Education Office to the high water mark of "progressivism" in the late 1930s.
   
• Ministers of Education, 1871 - 2009
  A chronological list of ministers responsible for education, showing the dates of office.
   
• School Buildings & Structures
  A brief summary note on government categories and policies relating to school-houses.
   
• School Districts
  School districts are the basic "building blocks" in the public school system of B. C. This section provides a history and definition of school districts and links to Web sites of present-day school districts.
   
• Rural & Assisted Schools, 1869 - 1946
  Before the advent of large administrative units in the late 1940s, British Columbia was a patchwork of small school districts. Most districts consisted of a single "One Room School," classified as "rural" or "assisted" schools. This section provides alphabetical and chronological lists of every rural and assisted school gazetted (i.e. officially authorized] in British Columbia. Over one thousand schools are listed in this definitive listing.
   
• District Municipality Schools, 1906 - 1946
  A note on schools located in large municipalities, such as Burnaby, Langley, Mission, Oak Bay, Richmond, Saanich, Surrey, etc. Eventually, a list of schools with the municipalities will be posted here.
   
• City Schools, 1884 - 1946
  Notes on the organization of schools in urban centres such as Courtenay, Kamloops, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Vancouver and Victoria.