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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
You don't have to go across the pond to find examples of this. Manitoba's public school system is like that, particularly in high schools. I went to the University-entry high school in my area, while about 10 minutes away there was a trades-focused high school a few of my friends went to (of whom I was a bit jealous of because they had an auto shop for the Power Mech. course I wanted to take). Hell, there is a literally a school in Winnipeg named 'Technical Vocational High School' (or colloquially, Tec-Voc).
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Quick google didn't tell me much. How does it work? They get a curriculum exemption? Additional funding?
Just found schools get property taxes directly instead of it going to the province first. That would likely explain it, definitely gives more flexibility to larger schools in Winnipeg