English instruction in Quebec schools so poor parents send their kids to U.S.

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St. Mary's Academy, a Catholic school in Champlain, NY, is currently teaching 33 Quebec schoolchildren out of 102 total enrolment because their parents, many of them francophones, are unhappy with the amount of English taught in Quebec schools. The US school, with fees one-third of Quebec private schools, is even cheaper these days with the strong dollar.

Much like the Mennonites recently forced to leave Quebec or have their schools closed, these parents might have legal action taken against them by the Quebec authorities who regulate education for more strictly than the Ontario system which permits private schools and home schooling to operate with less regulation.

The upside for the American school?
the cross-border students from Quebec have also brought advantages to St. Mary's, the principal said. With so many young francophones, some of the American schoolchildren are learning French.

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talk talk talk / Shireen said…
It's really sad how ideology has disenfranchised a whole generation of Quebec children, now adults, from participating fully in Canadian society outside of Quebec as they don't know English. One girl on Canadian Idol could not sing the lyrics in English and for that reason could not continue on. It was heart breaking to see. The Acadians have no trouble learning both languages and not losing their culture -- in fact being even more french than the Quebecois, IMHO.
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