John B. Kostoff

John B. Kostoff

John B. Kostoff is the Director of Education for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.

Part of the mandate of Catholic schools is to ensure that students develop an appreciation and understanding of the role of prayer. 

This month 673,000 students were registered to attend English and French Catholic schools in Ontario. Their registration is a choice made by parents who value and acknowledge the importance of Catholic education for their children. 

The start of the school year is a time of excitement and anticipation for students, and a time of some anxiety for parents as they see their children off to a new school, a new grade or a new program. These feelings apply regardless of whether the students attend elementary or secondary school, or even if they’re off to college or university. 

Jesse Jackson once said, “Text without context is pretext.” His comment applies to the recent discussions around an Ontario Divisional Court decision that clearly is pretext taken out of any contextual understanding.

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