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be used. The admission process change affected all specialized high schools in the TDSB, not just Claude Watson. The TDSB said the change would help address barriers to access and ensure equal opportunity. Some parents and students critiqued the change, fearing it would be unfair to talented students who had worked hard on their auditions and artistic practices.
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The Claude Watson School for the Arts used to use an audition process to select its students. Following a school trustee vote in 2022, the process has been changed to use interest-based applications instead of an ability-based process. If program demand exceeds capacity, a lottery process will then
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Students at the Claude Watson School for the Arts spend half of their day learning traditional school subjects and the other half participating in specialized arts learning. CWSA offers arts programming in four subject areas: music, dance, drama and visual arts. The dance department at CWSA was
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Darrell Tan, a doctor's son, at UTS. The education minister's decision to eliminate the $ 1.3 million grant to the school has prompted a debate about excellence, fairness, and elitism.: ".
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The Claude Watson School for the Arts is affiliated with the Claude Watson
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with a school in their midst was rejected by the school's trustees. In 2003, the
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