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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a school system permitting denominational schools to exist alongside public schools, each with its own board and each supported by public funds.
See: separate school ((1))(def. 3a)
Quotations
1882
Educational interests on the Separate School system are very carefully attended to, there being as many as 102 Protestant schools, with an attendance of over 5,000 children, and 27 Catholic schools with over 2,500 children.
1963
He was not objecting to the continued existence of the separate school system, but he did emphasize that . . . the religious minority must be prepared to pay for all the costs entailed.
2
(by extension) a system of Roman Catholic parochial schools in provinces where no provision is made for separate schools (def. 3).
See: separate school ((1))(def. 3)
Quotations
1966
A veteran Ontario school inspector has termed "regrettable" the British Columbia government's policy of not assigning taxes to the separate school system.