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Old 24th Sep 2011, 16:46
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hercrat
 
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“yet I need to say that the schooling (even in that part of the west) is public and paid for by taxes, they cannot pick and choose who attends.”
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Actually, there are numerous independent schools on the west side of Vancouver - one of the reasons why Asians(who can afford it) choose the west side.

And for those Canucks that may eventually return to this part of the world with school age children here is the 2009/2010 year Fraser Institute school ratings:

Compare academic rankings and ratings of British Columbia schools


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I am curious. How does DESS fit into the mix these days? Our youngster attended DESS in the mid/late nineties. But Dubai was a much different place then.
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