Webber Academy, which charges more than $18,000 in tuition, and receives over $7,500 per student in subsidies from the #UCP government is getting an additional $330,750 through the federal grant.

There are still public school classes more than 35 students.

#abed #ableg https://twitter.com/LiseGot/status/1301211748687634432
Here's the .pdf that screen shot is from in case anyone wants to download it and save it before it disappears.

#ableg #FundABpublicSchools #abed

https://www.alberta.ca/assets/documents/edc-alberta-allocation-government-of-Canada-safe-return-to-class-fund.pdf
The Alberta government has subsidized private schools @ 70% of public funding since 2008.

Here's how that looked in 2017:

- Public: $7.1 billion Ă· 649,245 students = $10,936 per student

- Private: $263 million Ă· 34,754 students = $7,567 per student https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/private-public-schools-funding-alberta-numbers-1.4553955
How much funding private and public schools actually get in Alberta | CBC News

Alberta's education system is complicated, to begin with, and the ways we fund it add a whole other layer of complexity. But let's break it down, bit by bit, and look at answers to some of the most...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/private-public-schools-funding-alberta-numbers-1.4553955
If you'd like to know how we got here, read @ProgressAlberta's excellent article on the topic.

In 1946, the Ernest Manning-led Social Credit Party officially recognized private schools. In '67 Manning began subsidizing private schools by $100/student. https://www.progressalberta.ca/how-did-we-get-here
How did Alberta get the most expensive private school subsidies in all of Canada?

Alberta's private school subsidies have surged to the highest in Canada. Here's how it happened

https://www.progressalberta.ca/how-did-we-get-here
Finally, if anyone wants to know what they teach at Webber Academy, here's an article from 2018.

"Before founding the academy in 1997, Webber worked in the Progressive Conservative governments of Don Getty and Peter Lougheed."

#DefundABprivateSchools https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2018/09/24/alberta-private-school-sees-merit-in-asking-about-positive-effects-of-residential-schools.html
Alberta private school sees merit in asking about ‘positive effects’ of residential schools

Since news broke that an Alberta school provided a test question to a student asking about a “positive effect” of residential schools, the province ha...

https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2018/09/24/alberta-private-school-sees-merit-in-asking-about-positive-effects-of-residential-schools.html
In case you wanted to know...

"The Alberta government ended its longstanding practice of tracking and publicly reporting the number of students in every class at every public, separate and charter school in the province."

#DefundABprivateSchools
#abed https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-class-size-data-2020-covid-19-back-to-school-1.5682575
Here are the most recent class sizes for every public, separate and charter school in Alberta | CBC...

As students prepare to return to school in the age of COVID-19, class sizes have taken on a new meaning, but the Alberta government is no longer publishing up-to-date class-size data.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-class-size-data-2020-covid-19-back-to-school-1.5682575
Something that Colin Aitchison seems to be pointing out here----though I never trust him, and recommend fact checking him----is that private schools are getting 100% of the funding that public schools are....

#abed #ableg #cdnpoli #DefundABprivateSchools

https://twitter.com/ColinAitchison/status/1301292376313360384
I didn't realize it, but @karliwithakay spells out what this basically means: a voucher system.

#ableg #cdnpoli #abed https://twitter.com/karliwithakay/status/1301233878519001088?s=20
The idea of voucher systems is explained in the documentary "A Backpack Full of Cash" which is sometimes shown by @SOSAlberta.

#ableg #abed #cdnpoli https://twitter.com/SOSAlberta/status/1293707291900796928?s=20
More great info from @SOSAlberta & @AlbertaViewsMag.

#ableg #abed #cdnpoli https://twitter.com/SOSAlberta/status/1301333321935273987?s=20
. @TheMorrigan47 found an interesting short documentary that lets you see what life is like inside the richest school in #Calgary: "For Richer For Poorer: A Tale Of Two Schools."

#yyc #ableg #abed #cdnpoli
#DefundABprivateSchools https://twitter.com/TheMorrigan47/status/1301329182333440000?s=20
. @PTeacher74 made this excellent observation about the language used to describe private schools.

#abed #ableg #cdnpoli
#DefundABprivateSchools https://twitter.com/PTeacher74/status/1301355493764390912?s=20
Recall that the word "public" was removed from schools last year.

"Alberta's UCP government has removed the word "public" from all Alberta school boards, affecting eight of 41 divisions across the province."

#abed #ableg #cdnpoli
#FundABPublicSchools https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/public-alberta-school-boards-1.5275561
Alberta government orders school boards to remove 'public' from names, raising fears | CBC News

New provincial legislation from the UCP has removed the word “public” from all school boards, affecting eight of 41 public school boards across the province.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/public-alberta-school-boards-1.5275561
How did Webber prepare for reopening BEFORE receiving federal grant money via the #UCP?

With (expensive) "infrared fever warning equipment... Students and staff will be screened for fever detection up to 8 meters away for multiple people..."

#abed

https://web.archive.org/web/20200904145859/https://www.webberacademy.ca/files/COVID-19-Email-Newsletter.pdf👀
How did Webber prepare for reopening BEFORE receiving federal grant money via the #UCP? With (expensive) "infrared fever warning equipment... Students and staff will be screened for fever detection up to 8 meters away for multiple people..." #abed https://web.archive.org/web/20200904145859/https://www.webberacademy.ca/files/COVID-19-Email-Newsletter.pdf
How did Webber prepare for reopening BEFORE receiving federal grant money via the #UCP? With (expensive) "infrared fever warning equipment... Students and staff will be screened for fever detection up to 8 meters away for multiple people..." #abed https://web.archive.org/web/20200904145859/https://www.webberacademy.ca/files/COVID-19-Email-Newsletter.pdf
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