05-03-2023, 05:50 PM
(05-03-2023, 12:30 PM)Chris Wrote:(05-03-2023, 12:46 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Fixed that for you...
FWIW...I don't really know much about the funding, I always got the sense they got money from the Church, but I have no idea. What I do know is that when I was growing up is the Catholic schools were *MUCH* nicer than the public schools I saw in London...so this does not surprise me.
When you buy a house and start paying property taxes you pick which school board your want to support.
I don't think that has been the case for a long time. I think it used to be on the "Ontario" portion of the tax return, years ago. IIRC, I think it was Rae who got ride of that, but I could be wrong.
Now-a-days, most funding comes from property taxes, and is a per-pupil funding method. Whether the Catholic schools get extra money from the Church I have no idea. Also, now-a-days, you can send your kid to whatever secondary school you want within that school boundary (with exceptions) - kids don't need to be Catholic, believe in God or whatever, to go to a Catholic high school. JK - grade 8 can also attend with permission.
Unsure if the secondary schools are any better than the public schools - just based on where most lockdowns and fight occur.