On 2018-12-03 12:14 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 12/3/2018 12:22 PM, graham wrote:
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>> We have 2 systems here, public and separate (Catholic) and
>> unfortunately it's in the AB Constitution so we are stuck with it. The
>> papist bishop wouldn't allow the schools to have the pupils jabbed for
>> HPV but I think that has been overcome now. Ironically, the separate
>> system is much better run than the public one.
>
> Not a surprise to me.Â* In Philadelphia, the public school system was in
> the bottom ten in the country, the Catholic school system was in the top
> five.
>
> Two reasons:
> 1. Public schools had to take you, Catholic schools could kick you out
> 2. Discipline.
>
It used to be the case that Catholics HAD to send their kids to the
separate system even if they had assigned their education taxes to the
public board. Otherwise the public system would send them an invoice!
The public system here is very poorly run with a usually incompetent and
dysfunctional board of trustees.