administration which would have the capability of extending 
     
     equal educational opportunity to most boys and girls of P.E.|. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The P.E.|. Home and School Federation reacted positively 
     
     to the Minister's announcement and much of its effort during the 
     
     years 1968 and 1969 was directed toward informing the public 
     
     of the impending educational changes. The Semiannual Meeting 
     
     in April 1968, and the Annual Meeting in December 1968, both 
     
     became provincial forums in which the proposed educational re- 
     
     organization and changes were discussed. The theme of the 1968 
     
     annual meeting was entitled Evaluation of P.E./. Education 
     
     (Elementary and Secondary) with the keynote address delivered 
     
     by Lloyd MacKeen, Chief Director of Education, focusing on the 
     
     Why? What? and How? of the Plan. 
     
    
   
   
    
     During this period the Minister of Education established an 
     
     advisory committee, first known as the Minister’s Consultative 
     
     Committee, which was later to become the Educational Planning 
     
     Unit. P.E.l. Home and School was represented on this committee 
     
     by myself as president and Mrs. Hesta MacDonald, Past President. 
     
     Mrs. MacDonald chaired the sub-committee of E.P.U. which 
     
     drafted A Philosophy of Education for P.E./., while I had the 
     
     opportunity to chair the subcommittee on Regional Administra- 
     
     tive Unit Boundaries. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The history of this period would be incomplete without 
     
     mention being made of the many local associations which 
     
     provided opportunities for provincial Home and Schoolers, 
     
     Department of Education officials, and others to explain the 
     
     proposed educational changes to parents and teachers in various 
     
     communities across the province. In fact, it may rightfully be 
     
     claimed that P.E.l. Home and School, through its provincial 
     
     involvement and its local structure, served as an extremely vital 
     
     communications link between the government and the people. 
     
     This was a two-way communication with some significant changes 
     
     in the original proposal resulting from feedback and reaction 
     
     voiced at Home and School meetings. 
     
    
   
   
    
     During this period of involvement in educational change the 
     
     P.E.|. Home and School Federation continued to pursue its own 
     
     more specific objectives. The special Tillicum Centennial Project, 
     
     commenced in 1967, of building A Bridge of Books to Lennox 
     
     Island was completed and the books were presented in the 
     
    
   
   
    
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