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Adaptations in order to operate with the DBE system

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Adaptations in order to operate with the DBE system

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Our pass rate will have to lower as it is too high for our current system. Our idea of giving learners a second opportunity before concluding that a learner will fail might not be accepted together with the idea of giving them a summer school in January to promote knowledge and prepare them for the year, giving them extra homework compared to other learners, etc.

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Similarities between traditional schools and our school

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Similarities between traditional schools and our school

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School fees are still payable. Our school will be subsidized by the state as most schools are in receiving stationery, books, financial support, etc. The Grades are the same as in most High Schools and students will only be able to join our school from the age of 13. Our school will accept all kinds of learners as far as races go. We will be sticking to the normal school structure in order to assure the organizing of events with other schools. We will have 4 terms. There will be 8 periods with 2 breaks which is usually the norm and school will start at 7:15 up to 13:45, which is also round and about the time all schools use. Our school will be having extracurricular activities scheduled from the time school ends (14:00) up to 17:00. School will be from Monday up until Friday, and our teachers will be staying in one classroom. The organization of classes will be roughly the same as the norm, alphabetically and in grades. We will be using CAPS as a curriculum, as most schools do. Our school will have all subjects present that schools usually do, and we will have the 4 usual compulsory subjects as well, a Home language, First additional language, a math, and life orientation. We will work based on a list of outcomes of knowledge learners need to know. We will have 2 exams and 2 pre-exams each year and we will be using continuous assessment. Students will be receiving their marks verbally and report cards will be printed out. Learners will receive homework and they will be able to fail a grade. Learners will still get detention or will be suspended or expelled for their behaviour, teachers will still get warnings or get fired for their wrongdoings. We will have a prize-giving ceremony as most schools have. Parents will be expected to teach their children basic discipline, manners, morals, and values. The learners will also have to wear a school uniform. The police will be called when learners are found smoking drugs, on the second time found, learners will be expelled. We will have student leadership

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Difference between traditional schools and our school

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Difference between traditional schools and our school

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Firstly, many schools do not provide bursaries or social grants to students who perform well or seem to be promising students, many schools either have a school fee and others do not, our school does but there are social grants to help students who are unable to pay their school fees. Secondly, after research was done it was found that the community is not really involved at many schools, in our school there will be influential involvement from businesses and the community. Learners are allowed to stay in our school until they reach the age of 20, many schools do not have an age-restriction. Many schools have 2 set languages as a Home language and First Additional Language, we offer a choice as we have English as Home language and a choice between Afrikaans or Setswana as a first additional language. Another difference is the fact that we do not just focus on Academics OR sport OR culture, our focus is on all of these areas. Our last 2 periods on a Tuesday and Thursday will be used as sport and culture periods in order to grow the learners’ talent and passions. We will have an hour after school (from 14:00 – 15:00) which will be used for extra classes or as a time frame used for inquiries if learners were to have any. Our school will focus on interactive and inclusive classrooms, the teacher will be a facilitator and not a lecturer. We will have technology in each classroom and teachers will be motivated to use it. Students will do practicals in subjects such as technology and science, many schools leave practicals out of the curriculum, but it is very important for a child’s academical growth and interest. Self-directed learning will be important in our school and our classrooms will be learner centred. Teachers will be using various strategies of education and multi sensory strategies to engage learners in learning. Lesson plans will be very important, which the worth of is usually underestimated by schools. Students will be receiving marks verbally, on an online system and a report card printed out as well. When learners fail they will be given a second-opportunity exam (if it would help them pass), but if they were to fail again, they will be compelled to join summer school in January as a coarse to start their year early, they will get extra homework to help them and they will be obliged to join extra classes when scheduled. Teachers will be evaluated each year by learners in order for management and the principal to be up to date as far as teacher’s behaviour and ways in the classroom. We will have a strike-based system of demerits that learners will be facing for every wrongdoing/behavioural problem. The leadership learners and normal learners will be wearing different uniforms. Student leadership will consist of 3 main groups: culture, sport, and academics, 8 learners each. Our teachers will have no lower degree than a bachelor’s degree in education. The classroom will have a teacher to learner ratio of 1:26 per register class and for Grade 10-12 when they move from class to class, no more than 1:34. We will have assistants, social workers, and psychologists at our school. Good work ethics will be crucial from both learners and staff. We have 7 pillars of values that will be instilled in the learners and staff of the school, it will be visible on our school property and on all paperwork and systems of the school, we will also have a button system which will motivate learners to collect all 7 buttons. We will have religion in our schools as many schools have taken religion out of the school. Our pass rate will be 40%.

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Pregnant learners will still be encouraged to go to school as it is important for them to educate themselves and to gain knowledge and skills that enables them to find good jobs or learn valuable lessons for a positive future as well as how to stimulate their child in positive ways. Learners will be educated on pregnancy before marriage and will be encouraged not to do so.

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Christianity will be the main religion in the school, but other religions will also be considered and respected.
Most of our school’s learners and staff will be Christians, as for the learners and teachers who are not, they will be excused when prayer takes place and assemble in a spot with one of the teachers where they may do what they are accustomed to doing.

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The values will be printed on plastic drapes which will hang from the pillars of our school structure. They will also be printed out and hung at the top of the stage when prize-giving ceremonies take place.

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They will be communicated through meetings, assemblies, letters, and the online systems such as the website or marks system. During assemblies, there will be long draped plastic banners with these 7 values on, held up by the pillars of our school building, learners are then reminded of them daily and each time the learners go to the hall for assembly these 7 values will be repeated. The website and online platforms will be a visible advertisement of the values for learners, parents, teachers, and the community, therefore the 7 values will be reinforced every time. During meetings, the 7 values will be stated at the beginning. With the prize-giving ceremony, the 7 banners will hang from the top of the stage. Lastly, all letters sent out to parents, learners or teachers will have these values clearly stated. There will also be a “button-system”, learners will receive a button with the value on that they have achieved once it was made visible to the teacher, they will only be able to receive one button of each value, but this will motivate them to work hard on their values in order to collect all 7 value buttons.

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Our school will be built on 7 pillars of values: Resilience, Tolerance, Determination, Aspiration, Respect, Integrity and Team spirit. We will aim to teach learners other values as well, but these will be our school’s main values.

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Social workers will be present in order to handle any cases of children being mistreated or not taken care of, a psychologist will be at the school weekly in order to give additional emotional support to learners who need it, but also to keep an eye over the emotional wellbeing of all learners. There will also be classroom assistants available at the school which will be responsible for assisting teachers with workload challenges, improving classroom behaviour, assisting students who needs assistance in particular tasks or activities to improve their academic performance, etc.

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There will be approximately 160 learners per grade, considering that the school has approximately 800 learners. There will be 6 register classes per grade, therefore a 1:26 ratio between teachers and learners in register classes are present. When it comes to grade 10-12 which changes up continuously during the day, a maximum ratio of 1:34 between teachers and learners will be accepted in their different classes.

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Type of teachers that will teach at our school

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Type of teachers that will teach at our school

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Teachers who uses diverse and inclusive teaching styles, not just one dimensional, quality education is more important than the quantity of work pressed into one period. Teachers will be held highly accountable and will receive quality support. The teachers should be encouraging towards learners and will be able to be placed as a role model for many learners, teachers will be hard working, energetic, caring and will take over the role as “parent” when the students are at school. The teachers should inspire and assure to teach in a way that promotes understanding. Teachers need to care and show interest, they will motivate learners to pursue their passions and they will create a fun learning environment.

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Personal Characteristic teachers need to enact in their professional lives

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Personal Characteristic teachers need to enact in their professional lives

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A teacher needs to have expert communication skills, superior listening skills, deep knowledge and passion for their subject matter, the ability to build caring relationships with students, friendliness and approachability, excellent preparation and organizational skills, strong work ethic, community building skills, high expectations of all, patience, caring and kind, knowledge of the learners in front of them, dedication to teaching, engaging students in learning, discipline skills, and many more. Teachers need to use all these characteristics daily in their classrooms, when they present a topic, mark tests, communicate with learners, etc. Character traits also include perseverance, honesty, respect, lawfulness, fairness, responsibility, and unity.

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Expertise and qualifications of teachers

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Expertise and qualifications of teachers

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Teachers needs to have a wide range of content knowledge and teaching skills which they gained through training institutes. High educational qualifications will be compulsory, no teachers with a diploma or certificate will be accepted, teachers need to have a bachelor’s degree at the minimum and can then go up to having an Honours, Masters or Doctoral degree in their subjects. They should have professional skills such as critical thinking, leadership, patience, communication, teamwork, and time management. It is important that teachers have the patience to work with learners who might struggle in areas that the other learners don’t struggle with.

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There will be a disciplinary system in the school, which has three categories. When a learner has done something wrong, it will be marked on the demerit slip and will be filed and the offense will be listed in an online system. When learners get 3 strikes in Category A = detention, 2 strikes in Category B = detention and anything from Category C = immediate suspension or expulsion will be in line. Learners will not be able to partake in certain organized events created for fun when listed for detention or suspension.

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Each register class will have two Representative Class Leaders (RCL) (male and female), which will be chosen at the beginning of each term by their fellow classmates. The RCL will be responsible for administrative tasks in their register class and will help the teacher out wherever they possibly can. There will be student leadership in the categories: culture, sport, and academics, 8 learners per category. The student leadership will be voted for by learners and teachers (cultural leadership should compose of learners linked with cultural activities and sport leadership with students who partake in sport). Cultural student leadership will be responsible for cultural activities which includes organizing final arrangements with teachers, promoting these events, etc. These include activities such as musicals, drama, dancing, etc. Sport student leadership will be responsible for the final organization of sports events with teachers, promoting these events, etc. These include netball, hockey, rugby, tennis, and soccer. The academic student leadership will be organizing final arrangements of academic programs and rules together with teachers, such as debate, public speaking, winter/summer school, chess, etc.

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Smoking and the use of drugs will not be permitted on school grounds and when wearing school uniform. If learners are found smoking twice, they will be getting detention as mentioned on the strike-based system, if they are found smoking a third time, learners will be suspended for a short period of time. If learners are found using drugs a first time, they will be marked on the strike-based system and will be suspended for a short period of time, the police will also be called. If learners were to be found using drugs a second time, the police will be called again, and the learner will be expelled permanently.

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Our school uniform will be brown, white and green. Uniforms are important as it teaches learners discipline. School Uniforms of the normal students and the student leadership will differ.

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Parents will be the ones responsible for teaching their children basic discipline, manners, values, and morals at home. They are responsible for teaching their children that rules are made to be followed, but when they are broken, they need to bear the consequences.

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Learners will be expected to follow rules that are set in the classroom/school, there will be set expectations learners will have to adhere to, if learners do not follow rules, there will be consequences. Learners will have to work towards goals and outcomes in each classroom. They will be expected to have good behaviour, manners, values and morals, and this good behaviour will be reinforced. It is important for learners to have dignity and to have someone (a teacher) portraying model behaviour which the learners will model from.

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Our school will have a prize-giving ceremony at the end of each year since it encourages learners to work hard and do better. It assures learners that hard work does pay off. Prizes such as who performed the best in each subject and who progressed the most in a subject will be awarded.

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The disciplinary system will keep learners accountable for their work, if they tend to surpass the allowed number of strikes, they will be getting detention. There are certain behaviours that might get them suspended for a while or expelled totally. Teachers will be held accountable for their actions and performance depending on the seriousness of their offense, they might get fired if a very serious offense occurred and after a trial has been held (if compulsory to the offense), they will be signing a warning if the offense is less serious, but serious enough. Every teacher's performance will be evaluated by the learners at the end of the academic year in short surveys, but there will be a platform throughout the year where learners can confess to the things teachers do in their classrooms and with (against or for) learners.

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Our passing rate per subject will be 40% and it will not happen that a learner will "just" progress in our school. We will have an age restriction according to each grade: Grade 8: between 13-15, Grade 9:14-16, Grade 10: 15-17, Grade 11: 16-19, Grade 12: 17-20. There will be an appointment made with the parents of a learner that fails, implications will be explained and thereafter the student will get a second opportunity exam if it would help them pass. If they were to fail this opportunity as well, they fail the grade. Consequentially, they will have to attend summer school in January which will be seen as preparation into the year, they will be obligated to attend extra classes, they will be given additional homework, etc.

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The students will receive marks since it is important for them to keep track of their mistakes as well as to be able to rectify their mistakes and learn out of them to prevent them from making these mistakes again. Learners will be told their marks in the classroom, but there will also be an electronic program where parents can keep track of their children’s marks. A report card will also be given to the learners at the end of each term as it is important to see whether or not progress has been made. A copy of the report card will also be found on the online marks system.

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Learners will continuously be assessed in the form of tests (informal and formal), practicals, projects, observations, assessing verbal language skills, homework, and many more.
Exams will be written twice a year. There will be a mid-year exam (May-June) and a end-of-the-year exam (November-December). Pre-exams will be written in March and September (the end of the first and third terms). This give learners numerous opportunities to learn.

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Ensuring that learners understand and that learning takes place - advancement through the curriculum.

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Ensuring that learners understand and that learning takes place - advancement through the curriculum.

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It is important that teachers use various strategies, it should not be one dimensional. A range of assessment opportunities (of, as and for learning) should be used. It is important that classrooms are inclusive and addresses diversity. Self-assessment is important because it requires them to address their weaknesses and strengths as well as the teachers to ensure progress individually. Formative assessment also needs to take place in order to establish development. It is important for learners to be given a short time (3-7 second pause) after something has been said to process what has been said or asked. Multi sensory information helps learners to engage and use more than 1 sense at a time. Modelling, Graphic organizers and one-on one/small group discussions will contribute to definite learning and understanding. To ensure that learning and understanding takes place, learners will do mini evaluation tasks and tests throughout the week. A well-planned lesson plan is also very important with outcomes clearly stated and prepared to reach.

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The philosophy of assessment in the school

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The philosophy of assessment in the school

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Assessment should be reliable and lesson/unit outcomes need to be matched. Teachers should be given insight into a student’s knowledge and progression through assessment. Assessment will create direction for learners because they are provided with focus as to which areas are challenging for them and which they are strong in.

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Students will be provided with outcomes as it is impossible to just learn everything. Outcomes is like setting goals and having goals is important.

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Learners need to work actively and continuously on their own knowledge because in this way they gain the most value out of education. The teacher acts as a facilitator and not a lecturer.

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Self-directed learning is very important, students often learn more when they are working through a problem themselves/together with a friend/partner. Self-directed learning develops self-confidence, initiative, perseverance and life satisfaction, the teacher will be present as facilitator, dropping in, listening to conversations and ideas, adding onto it, correcting the learners, raising thoughts, etc.

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A typical learning experience, innovation and creativity

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A typical learning experience, innovation and creativity

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Active learning experiences where learners will be communicating with one another. The teacher will assist as the facilitator, giving new knowledge to the learners and helping them when they struggle but still allowing them to solve problems on their own.
The use of technology will be motivated as it will be present in each classroom, practicals will take place in subjects such as science and technology, materials will be available for teachers to create models to use for illustrations, learners will also be making models, etc.

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English (HL), Afrikaans/Setswana (FAL), Mathematics/+Math literacy/+Technical Mathematics, Life Sciences + Physical Education, Mechanic/+Civil/+Electronical technology/+technology, Science(Physical and Biological), Geography, History, Citizenship, Business management, Economics, Accounting, Home economics/Consumer studies, Hospitality, Agricultural studies, Tourism, IT/Computer Sciences, Engineering Graphics and Design, Art, Music. (Dancing and drama will also be present when it comes to the sport and culture specialization periods on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Compulsory subjects:
Home language = English, 1 First Additional Language = Afrikaans/English, 1 Mathematical subject = Mathematics/Math literacy/Technical Math, Life Orientation.

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Focus will be on what has to be done, by when, how much time should roughly be spent on it (although the teachers may adapt to these) and where practicals will be necessary and possible. The curriculum focuses on all aspect learners need to master to eventually pass matric.

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Learners will be organized in grade groups, there will be 6 register classes per grade where learners will be organized alphabetically in order of their surnames. Grade 10-12 learners will also have a rotation between learners as they all have different subjects, Grade 8-9 will continuously have the same classmates.

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Teachers will still stay in one classroom to prevent chaos from taking place. If they were to rotate with all of the necessary materials, stationery and belongings it would not be impossible to forget something, therefore it will be unpractical to do things this way. Students benefit from rotating anyhow as they are allowed to stand up, move around and breathe in fresh air.

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Structure of the day and the role of extracurricular activities

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Structure of the day and the role of extracurricular activities

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The school day will start at 7:15 (the bell rings), learners will then assemble in the hall/quad in order to start the day with prayer and hear the announcements. the first period will start at 8:00 and school will end at 13:45. An hour would be scheduled for extra classes or a time period for inquiries, this will be from 14:00 until 15:00. Extracurricular activities will then take place between 15:00 and 17:00 which include all sports and culture activities. The period of 14:00 until 15:00 may also be used for extracurricular activities, but during this time academics takes the lead and will therefore come first. Night-time practices might also be scheduled for e.g. practices in regards with drama, dancing, musicals, etc. Lastly, on Tuesdays and Thursday, the last 2 periods will be used as sport and culture periods in order to develop interests, passions and talents.

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There will be a set timetable, there will be 8 periods each day which will be between 35 and 40 minutes. Two breaks will be present roughly around 20 minutes each. The breaks will occur after period 1-3 and again after period 4-6. School will start at 7:15 for assembly, but the first period will only start at 8:00. The last period will end at 13:45 where the learners will be able to go home.

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* There will be 4 terms (January-March; April-June; July-September; October-December).
*There will be 4 vacations (March vacation = 1 week; June vacation = 2 weeks; September vacation = 1 week; December vacation = 3-4 weeks).
*School 5 days a week - Monday to Friday.

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The school will be focusing on academics and equally as much on culture and sport. It is important to us to develop every student's talent and passion. Sport includes: Rugby, Hockey, Netball, Soccer. Culture includes: Art, Singing (choir), dancing, drama, debate, eisteddfod's, chess, etc.

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Learners with a minimum age of 13 will be allowed into the school and a maximum age of 20. We will be focusing on the Senior & FET Phase, therefore Grade 8-12. The school will approximately have a total of 800 students which forms part of all races, both genders and any social class.

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The school functions as an English school, therefore the Home Language the school presents is English, but a choice is offered as far as the First Additional Language, learners can choose between Afrikaans and Setswana.

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The state contributes by giving stationery to the school for learners who cannot afford it. The state also provides a sum of money that the school uses for bursaries or social grants, structural improvements, etc.

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Contributes by giving bursaries, and donating money for causes such as functions held at the school, sport events, clothing, structural improvements, etc.

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School fees are applicable, but promising learners will also have the opportunity of receiving a bursary or social grants. There will be opportunities for learners to minimize their total school fees if academic performance is good enough, the system will work as follows:
An average of 70-75% will mean 10% off school fees, 75-85% will result in 15% decrease of school fees, 85%+ will mean 20% off school fees.

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Public school

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Suburban area

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