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A preview of "Choice in Education" in AB: Masters Academy is a fully funded Public school in Calgary, but functions under the Palliser School Board. They charge additional $6K in tuition, another $5K in a school bond, so it is assumed they are a private school. They are not...1/x
2/ Masters Academy receives FULL public funding, in addition to this tuition. Furthermore, they are extremely restrictive about who they accept, and students are only considered who come from families with professional, well-off families. Despite being a public school. ..2/x
3/ They are a Christian school, but the only admission criteria is how well-off the family is, and how high achieving is the child. Despite $10K public + $6K private in funding, they deny entry to any child with challenges or higher needs...3/x
4/ Masters Academy reportedly pushes current students out who are not high achieving, in effort to maintain their Fraser Ranking. This is the future of Publicly funded alternative schools in Alberta. Good for the few, for the wealthy. Not good for Alberta. 4/4 @AdrianaLaGrange
