"There are lots of reasons why enrolment in private schools is up and continues to rise."

My thoughts, too, back in 1985. Just before I REMOVED my two girls from a Saanich B.C. private school at the end of the term in response to blatant irresponsibility of the older girl's teacher and the school's dithering Head Mistress. Consequence? It meant the older girl repeated a grade the following year--in the public school system.  Best decision I ever made for my children.

Older girl attended an end-of-term birthday party thrown for a private-school classmate. I met her father at the barbecue. "So, uhh...hear you took your daughter out of the school," he told me. "Wife and I often talked about doing the same thing."  "And so?" I asked. He sighed. "Well, you know, she'd miss all her friends ..."

Right. LOTS of reasons...