PSB says 3 new P.E.I. schools are needed to keep up with population demands [Video]

Prince Edward Island’s Public Schools Branch is recommending that three new schools be built to help keep up with the province’s booming population.

The PSB, which is responsible for the Island’s English-language schools, conducted a study earlier this summer looking at overcrowding in Island classrooms. 

The report on that study confirmed what many teachers, students and parents already know: Space is at a premium, especially in the Charlottetown area. 

“[Staff] are very creative and try their best to make it work. However, in some situations we’ve had to put mobile classrooms in place,” Tracy Beaulieu, director of the Public Schools Branch, told CBC News in an interview Friday. 

“Even with their most creative ideas, there is limited space available for some of the programs and some of the one-on-one spaces that are required for our students.” 

The Public Schools Branch is recommending that three more schools be built to help deal with P.E.I.’s growing student population, …