Westisle Composite High School

Westisle Composite High School is a Canadian secondary school in, Rosebank, Prince County, Prince Edward Island.Established in 1979, Westisle provides education for 10th to 12th grade students in the western part of the county. The school is administratively part of the English Language School Board, and has an estimated student population of approximately 600. Westisle receives its students from two separate intermediate schools, Merritt E. Callaghan Intermediate School and Hernewood Intermediate School.HistoryPlanningIn the late 1960s, the Government of Prince Edward Island embarked upon a joint project with the federal government known as the PEI Economic and Social Development Plan. One phase of the plan focused on education and called for a reorganization of the system. The first step was the establishment of five planning boards of 15 members each. After several meetings, the planning board reached the decision to reorganize the school system of western Prince County into six elementary schools, two junior high schools, and a senior high school.In 1976, construction of Westisle Composite High School began, at the expense of discontinuing more localized secondary education that was taking place at Tignish High, Alberton High and O'Leary High schools. The decision was made to merge all of these former schools into one by then Minister of Education, Bennett Campbell. Though some were against the initial change, many now feel it was an appropriate move.