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Originally Posted by flip
Sure do. You get to pick which system you support.
It is one of those "well its always been done this way" kind of things.
That and Catholic schools are safer and constantly score significantly higher in all aspects of standardized testing so the people who support seperate schools would certainly not give it up.
Yeah, I'm sure it does cost more. But I can tell you this much, as long as I live in a place that has both I'll NEVER send my kids to a public school, no matter how stupid and pointless religion class can be sometimes (although I learned A LOT from a few of my religion teachers).
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The last time I saw the Fraser Institute rankings for High Schools in Calgary CBE Schools performed higher then the separate system in standardized testing. Also if you are student that has any kind of special needs the Separate system has minimal supports in place compared to schools in the CBE.
I teach at a public school where we have many students coming from both Catholic Junior or Senior Highs and all they tell me is how rotten the Catholic School System is. Many of my students tell me how the Catholic System didn't meet their learning needs and how our school is now meeting their learning needs.