Doing What’s Best For Kids
A History of Fort McMurray Public School District 2833
Description:... Doing What’s Best for Kids is a centennial history of one of the most
important social institutions in the history of Fort McMurray. It explores the
Fort McMurray Public School Board’s relationship since 1912 to the development
of oil sands, salt mining, fishing, lumbering, steamboat operations, aviation
and railway development. The booms and busts of these industries at times
threatened the existence of the district and at other times were the basis for
growth.
The people who have made this history are a feature of this book.
This group includes Douglas Craig and Cassia McTavish, who ensured that the
fledgling school established in 1912 would survive the economic slump of 1913.
The struggles with the department of education in Edmonton over funding and
school approvals are another theme. Collectively it is the story of persistence
and accomplishment in a location far from Edmonton, but rich in human and
natural resources.
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