# Public School Boards' Association of Alberta

The Public School Boards' Association of Alberta (PSBAA) is a not-for-profit society, the members of which can be any public school jurisdiction, or First Nations Education Authority, in Alberta, Canada. The membership criteria for the Association requires a school jurisdiction which provides public education to affirm its support to the Objects of the Association.

## Jurisdictions

Twenty-seven of forty-two public school jurisdictions in Alberta belong to the Association as of January, 2023. These jurisdictions are:
* Aspen View Public Schools
* Buffalo Trail Public Schools
* Canadian Rockies Public Schools
* Edmonton Public Schools
* Fort McMurray Public School District
* Golden Hills School Division
* Grande Prairie Public School Division
* Grande Yellowhead Public School Division
* Grasslands Public Schools
* High Prairie School Division
* Lethbridge School Division
* Medicine Hat Public School Division
* Northern Gateway Public Schools
* Northern Lights Public Schools
* The Northland School Division
* Parkland School Division
* Peace River School Division
* Peace Wapiti Public School Division
* Pembina Hills School Division
* Prairie Land Public School Division
* Prairie Rose Public Schools
* Red Deer Public Schools
* St. Albert Public Schools
* Sturgeon Public School Division
* Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools
* Wild Rose School Division
* Wolf Creek Public Schools
The main activities of the Association are: advocacy for public school education; leadership development programs for school trustees, system administrators, and citizen advocates for public school education; building and maintaining political relations with the provincial government and the provincial public service; and, research and the dissemination of findings significant to the improvement of public education.
The Association is host of the Public School Boards Council, a representative assembly for school jurisdictions in Alberta, at which assembly the jurisdictions speak about issues of concern to public school education, and do so without relying on the intermediary of a separate corporate entity.

## History

The Public School Boards' Association of Alberta was founded in 1989, at a convention held in Edmonton, Alberta.
Presidents in order were:
* Mr. Dick Mather, a trustee of the Edmonton Public School District (1989 - 1991)
* Mr. Gordon Pearcy of Grande Prairie Public School District (1991 - 1992)
* Ms. Deb Poffenroth, of Foothills School Division (1992 - 1994)
* Ms. Anita Dent, of Peace River School Division (1994 - 1996)
* Mr. Dick Chamney, of Buffalo Trail School Division (1996 - 1997)
* Mr. Clyde Blackburn, of Grande Prairie Public School District (1997 - 1999)
* Mr. Don Fleming, of Edmonton Public School District (1999 - 2000)
* Ms. Carolyn Kaiser, of Foothills School Division (2000 - 2001)
* Ms. Joan Trettler, of St. Albert Protestant Separate School District (2001 - 2005)
* Mr. Don Fleming, of Edmonton Public School District (2005 - 2009)
* Ms. Patty Dittrick, of Clearview School Division (2009 - 2013)
* Ms. Arlene Hrynyk, of Northern Lights Public Schools (2013 - 2017)
* Ms. Cathy Hogg of Prairie Rose School Division (2017 - 2021)
* Mr. Dennis MacNeil of Aspen View Public School (2021 - present)
Executive Directors in order were:
* Mr. David King (1990 - 2010)
* Ms. Mary Lynne Campbell (2010 - 2018)
* Mr. Brian Callaghan (2018 - 2020)
* Mr. Troy Tait (2020 - present)