At the time, there were private schools in the area which were run by religious orders - including the Soeurs de la Sagesse, who built the Montfort Hospital - and which provided an education for young people who often did not have the means to pay.
À cette époque, il y avait des écoles privées dans la région où les religieux et religieuses - dont les s9urs de la sagesse qui ont construit l'hôpital Montfort - recevaient les jeunes qui, souvent, ne payaient pas.