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One such school:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AME_School

The kids that went there … some succeeded, some really struggled to adjust to other schools and environments.

> In 1992, there was a proposal to fully integrate the AME school with the ACT Government school system. However the idea floundered after the ACT Teachers Union amongst other things, knocked the idea on the head, due to compatibility issues. It felt the idea of having a school principal having selection over teaching staff was outside the scope of the Unions control. It came out fighting against the proposal.

Now there’s a depressing thing to read. Teacher’s unions are the worst.

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