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Two Rivers School District 3497 fonds Subseries
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Agreements & Correspondence

The sub-series consists of Declarations of Office, Certificates of Chairman, a blank poll book and correspondence regarding collection of taxes and teacher salaries. Also included are letters referring to changes in boundaries of Two Rivers School District and transfer of financial responsibility for the district to Grande Prairie Divisional Board, as well as a valuation of the school in 1937. There is a list of repairs needed for the school, a resolution passed for an Emergency Grant for Repairs and correspondence about a proposed agricultural school in the area. School Fire Insurance Policies and Tree Planting agreements and forms are also part of this sub-series.

Bank Records

The sub-series consists of bank books, check stubs, records of cheques issued, cancelled cheques and receipts of payments (including payment of teacher’s salaries) made by the Two Rivers School District. Also included in this sub-series is a School District Cash book from Two Rivers School covering 1917 to 1932.

Department of Education

The sub-series consists of the School Act (1937), a Statement Regarding Provincial Assistance to Education, and a radio broadcast given by the Minister of Education.

Department of Education

The sub-series consists of correspondence between the Department of Education and the Two Rivers School District. Correspondence addresses land and tax related issues, including changes in the boundaries of the school district and valuation of property in the district; issues relating to Statements of Grant, the Tax Recovery Act, the School Assessment Act, the School Act and the Tax Arrears Consolidation Act; issues regarding teaching such as teacher's contracts, authorization to teach grade 9, school inspection appointments, policies for conducting Department exams, and forms from the School-Book Branch regarding textbook rentals. Administrative concerns include the necessary qualifications of an elector of the district, as well as nomination of Board trustees. There are a number of letters between the Deputy Minister and the Secretary-Treasurer of Two Rivers School concerning the turnover of book-keeping responsibilities and financial control to the Grande Prairie Divisional Board.

Department of Municipal Affairs

The sub-series consists of correspondence between the Department of Municipal Affairs and the Two Rivers School District. Topics include the collection of school taxes and Coal Lease money; the return of arrears, seizure of goods and distress proceedings under the School Assessment Act; and communications in regards to the issues and policies relating to the Tax Recovery Act and Local Tax Arrears Consolidation Act. Also included in the sub-series are receipts for taxes and Statements of Tax Collection

Grande Prairie School Division No. 14

The sub-series consists of correspondence between the Grande Prairie School Division No. 14 and the Two Rivers School District. Correspondence covers the initial transfer of responsibilities from Two Rivers to the Grande Prairie Division in 1938. The letters discuss administrative concerns such as elections of Divisional Board trustees and notices of annual meetings of ratepayers and new legislation. There is correspondence between the GP District and the Two Rivers Secretary-Treasurer regarding the operation of the Two Rivers School, including financing repairs to the school, school equipment (such as desks, telephones and typewriters), wood and water supplies and care of the teacherage. The correspondence also covers personnel and curriculum concerns regarding appointments, contracts and duties of janitors and teachers and instruction of upper grade levels at the Two Rivers School, and includes an order from the Provisional Board of Health regarding a closure of schools in the district during the smallpox epidemic.

Statements

The sub-series consists of Annual Financial Statements and Auditor’s reports for Two Rivers School District.

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