Tane Akamatsu escreveu:
> Almost, but not quite. It might be more accurate to say there are "public",
> "separate", and "private" schools. You pays your taxes, and check off
> whether you want your kid in the "public" or "separate" school system, both
> of which are publicly funded. The separate system consists *only* of the
> Roman Catholic Schools (in fact, they are called Roman Catholic Separate
> School Boards). All other religious-based education (primarily other forms
> of Christianity and Judaism) are through private schools. There are also
> non-religious private schools (e.g., Montessori, Waldorf). Hope this
> helps.
>
> Tane Akamatsu
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
> Ilda Carreiro King wrote:
>
> > hello all,
> > I have not been following the whole discussion, but when i was in Canada
> > last weekend, my Toronto cousins told me that when they pay their
> > residence taxes, they check off whether they want their child to attend
> > parochial or public schools and the tuition is so directed when their
> > children enter. Thus, they have chosen to send their children to
> > parochial school and don't pay anything.
> >
> > I am not a proponent of tuition credits but thought the system
> > interesting. Perhaps Gordon or someone from up North can explain the
> > system and how they think it works out?
> > Ilda