laid in the erection of public school buildings and in payment of teachers, ■pils fees, however, had paid the greater part of the money earned by We teachers. Because of the fees, poor parents could not afford to edu- le their children and therefore a very small proportion of the popula- ion was educated. The Act of 1852 was passed to change this condition of affairs and ij^ it the Board of Education was to be composed of seven members, Aiointed by the Governor-in-Council whose duties were to have control f all public schools and examine candidates for teachers' licences; that It more than two hundred districts should be established, and that (liools should be at least three miles apart; that all children over five ears should be admitted to the school of the district in which they lived ■Ho that children outside the boundaries of any school district might Bend the nearest school; that no fee should be demanded of scholars .■ending a school whereof the teacher received pay under the Act; and At the assessment for school purposes should be on all householders esiding in the district. In 1877, a radical change was made in the educational set-up of \ E.L , when Premier Louis H . Davis brought in the Public School Act, wich provided that a Public Schools System under direction of a Provin¬ cial Board of Education replace the former Act, which had not been too luccessful. In the first eighteen months after the new act was passed he attendance of pupils increased by over five thousand. Besides this 'rince of Wales College, the Provincial Normal School and St. Dunstan's "ollege were also available for higher education. Two years later, in 1879, the Provincial Normal School was amal¬ gamated with Prince of Wales College and female students were admitted ol the first time. In 1892 College became affiliated with j#al University in Quebec . Now it is called the University of Prince Edward Island. The Prince of Wales College buildings became Holland College. I Regional high schools began to be built in the late 1950's, and Engle- vood High School was opened at Crapaud in 1961, with grades 9 to 12 in¬ clusive. Augustine Cove school with Mrs. Doris MacWilliams as principal vas one of three elementary schools on P.E.I , allowed to teach Grade X injxtra year beyond 1961. 1 In 1952 there had been approximately 452 schools on the Island vith 766 departments and by consolidation in 1969 this had been reduced 0 299 schools and 1349 classrooms. M Pn July 1st, 1972, the new Foundation Program went into effect, 7 which the 30,000 school children were divided up into five school mits instead of the former 467 districts, and instead of three local trus¬ ses elected at the local school meetings; a total of fifteen were to be for \ unit—ten elected by the people, and five appointed by the Govern¬ ment. Instead of school tax paid by the local school districts, the edu¬ ction will be paid for by the new Real Property Tax Act. All school udmgs were taken over by the school units, and also the school buses. •AugUStine Cove Scn°o1 is in Unit Two which extends from Rich- ielri• the West of the Provmce to Stanley Bridge east, and from Spring- " ln tne centre to Augustine Cove on the south. 33