Together, parents and teachers are a formidable force in the lives of children. We hope you enjoy this issue and find it useful. We welcome your comments and suggestions. There are 152 accredited and funded private schools in Alberta educating 14,200 students. This compares to 1,696 public and separate schools in the province educating 491,620 students.
Private schools are responsible for educating less than three per cent of students in the province.
The Private School Funding Task Force wants your input The task force is seeking views from Albertans on how private schools should be funded and, based on its findings, will recommend a funding framework for Alberta's accredited private schools. The task force is to submit its report to the government in December. In September, the task force released two documents-a background paper, Setting the Stage for Discussion , and a questionnaire, Answering the Questions. Outside Edmonton, call 310-0000 and ask to be connected to Alberta Education. Deaf, hearing and speech impaired TDD number is 427-9999.