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Give students a solid foundation for life-to
achieve their full spiritual, academic, physical
and emotional potential
In addition to teaching the Ontario Curriculum
our Catholic schools provide the foundation
for understanding our faith tradition.
Catholic education has a distinct emphasis on
social justice and service to the less fortunate.
The expectations of Catholic graduates are
measured not only in knowledge skills, but
also in attitude, values and actions.
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The Catholic system is a duplicate system
that costs the taxpayers of Ontario
hundreds of millions of dollars annually and
should be amalgamated with the public
school system to save money.
We are a distinctly different faith-based
system whose educational purpose is not
only the transmission of knowledge but
also the formation of the whole person,
body, mind and spirit so that our graduates
can contribute to the transformation of the
world in the image of God.
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Catholic ratepayers represent
approximately one-third of Ontario’s tax
revenue base and fund Catholic schools
through their property, income, sales and
other taxes.
Ontario went through a major amalgamation
of school boards in 1998 and most
economies of scale have now been realized.
If all school systems amalgamated, the cost
of salaries, benefits and services would rise
to the highest level.
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Catholic and public school boards already
save taxpayers millions of dollars annually
through a variety of successful partnerships
in such areas as co-operative school
financing, purchasing, transportation, energy
management and other shared services.
Catholic shool boards unjustifiably
discriminate in admitting only Catholic
children to their schools and in hiring only
Catholic teachers.
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It is the constitutional mandate of Catholic
Schools to provide Catholic education to
Catholic students.
Catholic boards have the preferential right
to hire Catholic teachers who can fulfil the
responsibilities of a teacher in a Catholic
school and who are knowledgeable about
and committed to the values, goals and
obligations of the Catholic education
system.
Non-Catholic students can attend our
Catholic high schools.
Our board has policies that permit nonCatholic children to attend at the
elementary level under certain conditions.
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There are many non-Catholic persons
employed by Catholic school boards as
teachers, administrators and support staff
who share the values of our system and
contribute in meaningful ways to the
mission of Catholic schools.
It would be easy to eliminate Catholic
schools in Ontario based on the precedent
set in Newfoundland & Labrador and
Quebec.
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Education is a provincial responsibility.
Catholic Education is fully or partially
funded in six other Canadian provinces.
Newfoundland/Labrador: Voters opted to
replace a system that was all
denominational.
Quebec: Changed to language-based
model, reflecting their society.
Both situations were dramatically different
from Ontario, and are not valid
comparisons.
Public English – Public French
English Catholic – French Catholic
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All three political parties in Ontario are on
record as supporting the Catholic school
system as an integral part of publicly
funded education in Ontario.
Catholic education in Ontario is supported
by a strong infrastructure of Catholic
organizations.
There are four publically funded school
systems in Ontario.
Catholic schools result in social and ethnic
segregation which undermines the
development of tolerance and respect for
Ontarians of different backgrounds.
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Students from many races and cultures
atttend and learn together in Catholic
schools, as they do in public schools.
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Catholic school curriculum instills in
students the values of tolerance, respect,
inclusivity, love of neighbour and
community service.
Graduates of Catholic schools make
meaningful and important contributions to
improving their communities as leaders in
politics, business, healthcare, education
and volunteer services.
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Understanding other groups and other
beliefs is an important part of the teaching
in Catholic schools. Our schools have led
the way in providing courses on World
Religions.
Catholic schools are a successful part of
publically funded education in Ontario.
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Schools in our board consistently meet or
exceed provincial expectations in student
achievement, program delivery, class size
and character development.
Our curriculum is purposely designed to
produce graduates with good moral
character who are responsible citizens,
caring family members and collaborative
contributors to the common good of
Ontario’s society.
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We encourage our parents and neighbours
to support and promote the good works
and achievements of our students and
staff.
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• We are not alone and only can be human by recognizing our connections with others.
• As humans, who and what we are is not just the traditional “me,” but also the sum of
past experience in the human community and broad culture.
• Genograms graphically describe the relationships between individuals. Visually each
person will see the web of our communication links.
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• Each of us exists in connection
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