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Alternative Schools
July 23, 2009 | 0 comment
Niagara District Secondary School (NDSS) is a high school in trouble; Eden High School (EHS) is an alternative high school thriving. Thus begins the controversy in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. NDSS needs 350 students by the end of October to stay open...
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"Alternative schools" describes a broad collection of schools breaking from mainstream, traditional education. In a broad sense, alternative schools can describe all the private schools that separate themselves from public education for whatever reason. School listed at ourkids.net, such as Montessori schools, Waldorf schools, Arrowsmith schools and numerous others can all be called alternative schools.

Reasons people see the need for alternative schools include classroom structure or pedagogical orientation, as well as philosophical biases and essentially 'alternative' ideas about childhood development. Parents searching for Montessori schools, Waldorf or Arrowsmith schools also share the school's philosophy and are thus seeking an alternative to the public education system.

Our Kids Go to School has promoted independent education and alternative schools since its inception. Parents who are dissatisfied with public schools and seeking alternative schools will find our school search engine and school listings the perfect place to start in finding a school they like.

Often, especially in the United States, alternative schools entail a more flexible program than public schools. In some cases, these schools are focused on a uniquely innovative program; one example of this is the Arrowsmith School, although there are many others.

Alternative elementary schools
Quite often, Montessori schools are a choice for parents of elementary school aged children who are looking for an alternative school that will allow their child(ren) to be more creative or more free from structure. Many Montessori schools are ideal as alternative elementary schools.

As is the case in the United States, many of these kinds of schools attract students from a broad geographical area beyond the segregation inherent in public school districts; as such these might also be called magnet schools or public alternative schools.

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Mississauga
Ontario
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PS to 5 (Coed)
$5,500 to $8,800
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
9 to 12 (Coed)
9 to 12 (Coed)
$1,200
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Aurora
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$6,474 to $13,670
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Vaudreuil-Dorion
Quebec
Day
PS to 6 (Coed)
$3,600 to $7,900
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Lasalle
Quebec
Day
PS to 6 (Coed)
$8,000
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Montreal
Quebec
Blainville
Quebec
Day
Nursery to 6 (Coed)
$8,700 to $16,000
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 6 (Coed)
$10,350 to $20,700
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St. Catharines
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 3 (Coed)
$4,000 to $7,000
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Ottawa
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$7,295 to $15,600
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Ajax
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$4,550 to $8,650
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Bowmanville
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 3 (Coed)
$4,550 to $8,650
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Oshawa
Ontario
Whitby
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$4,550 to $8,650
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Pickering
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$4,550 to $8,650
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Scarborough
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 3 (Coed)
$4,550 to $8,650
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Vaughan
Ontario
Day
Nursery to K (Coed)
$6,000 to $12,000
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Toronto
Ontario
Thornhill
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 6 (Coed)
$5,900 to $16,400
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Richmond Hill
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$6,600 to $11,700
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
Nursery to K (Coed)
$4,150 to $9,950
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Oakville
Ontario
Day
Nursery to Nursery (Coed)
$6,600 to $13,200
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Day
PK to JK (Coed)
Cost varies
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Oakville
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$5,900 to $15,350
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 6 (Coed)
$5,500 to $10,000
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 6 (Coed)
$6,200 to $9,995
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Burlington
Ontario
Day
PS to 6 (Coed)
$7,600 to $12,500
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Mississauga
Ontario
Day
PK to 8 (Coed)
$6,300 to $13,000
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Mississauga
Ontario
Day
9 to 12 (Coed)
$900 to $2,200
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Scarborough
Ontario
Day
PK to 8 (Coed)
$4,100 to $7,300
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Burlington
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$2,535 to $11,650
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
1 to 8 (Coed)
$1,300 to $14,500
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$6,600 to $11,800
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Etobicoke
Ontario
Day
PS to JK (Coed)
$6,650 to $10,750
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Mississauga
Ontario
Day
PS to 6 (Coed)
$5,700 to $13,500
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Brampton
Ontario
Day
PS to 6 (Coed)
$6,000 to $10,000
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Ottawa
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$8,784 to $18,024
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Markham
Ontario
Day
9 to 12 (Coed)
Cost varies
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
JK to 6 (Coed)
$21,165
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
PS to 6 (Coed)
$7,500 to $12,900
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London
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$6,775 to $15,250
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$7,850 to $16,345
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Pickering
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$5,200 to $9,000
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Guelph
Ontario
Day
JK to 1 (Coed)
$5,000 to $10,000
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North Vancouver
British Columbia
Day
Nursery to 7 (Coed)
Cost varies
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Mississauga
Ontario
Day
PK to 8 (Coed)
$6,100 to $11,500
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Thornhill
Ontario
Day
Nursery to K (Coed)
Cost varies
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Pointe Claire
Quebec
Day
Nursery to PK (Coed)
Cost varies
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Ottawa
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$8,784 to $18,024
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Mississauga
Ontario
Day
PK to 6 (Coed)
$6,250 to $10,350
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Etobicoke
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 6 (Coed)
$6,200 to $12,600
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Toronto
Ontario
Etobicoke
Ontario
Day
Nursery to SK (Coed)
$5,400 to $8,850
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Richmond Hill
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$13,500 to $16,000
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Calgary
Alberta
Day
JK to 6 (Coed)
$5,800 to $11,300
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Mississauga
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$7,200 to $14,200
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Oakville
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$7,250 to $16,570
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Brampton
Ontario
Day
PK to 10 (Coed)
$3,500 to $10,800
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Markham
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 3 (Coed)
$6,000 to $10,600
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Mississauga
Ontario
Day
PS to SK (Coed)
$5,250 to $10,200
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Duncan
British Columbia
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$1,525 to $6,250
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Brampton
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$6,092 to $15,350
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Stouffville
Ontario
Day
PS to 6 (Coed)
$6,500 to $8,500
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Richmond Hill
Ontario
Day
PS to 12 (Coed)
$12,000 to $22,000
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North York
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$7,000 to $12,000
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Thornhill
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 12 (Coed)
$125 to $16,700
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Markham
Ontario
Day
PS to 12/UP (Coed)
$4,150 to $11,500
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Markham
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$5,800 to $10,200
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Unionville
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$5,450 to $10,850
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North Vancouver
British Columbia
Day
PS to 12 (Coed)
$3,200 to $11,500
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Toronto
Ontario
Day
PK to 8 (Coed)
$4,725 to $15,835
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Ajax
Ontario
Day
PS to 12 (Coed)
$12,000 to $18,000
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Day
PS to 4 (Coed)
$4,750 to $8,500
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St. Catharines
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$4,750 to $10,600
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Mississauga
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 6 (Coed)
$6,000 to $10,750
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Markham
Ontario
Day
PS to 8 (Coed)
$6,000 to $9,750
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Unionville
Ontario
Day
Nursery to 8 (Coed)
$5,400 to $11,500
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