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catholic school question..
We still have awhile until DD is in school, but we are toying with the idea of doing catholic school. I teach in the DOE, though, and I know there's alot of early dismissals and days off at the catholic school by me that I don't have. Are there any public school teachers with kids in catholic? It is a PITA??
I went to catholic school my whole left and felt I got a great education. I want that for DD too, although my public school is fantastic as well. So I'm kind of on the fence.
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Re: catholic school question..
I think if your public is fantastic then definitely take it into consideration. I do love my sons catholic school and the education he is getting. I like the faith based curriculum, so if that is important to you then consider Catholic school.
So as far as days off.. they have the same # of days as regular school year but it’s out of sync with regular DOE.
Half days with no after care before a break, random professional days, close easier for snow days. They don’t have the Jewish or other holidays so if you want time off with your kids know they will be in school.
Example my son had off Friday and Monday for Memorial Day and Thursday before was half day with no aftercare.
Also because they didn’t use all their snow days he is ending even earlier in June on the 14th. So they end before regular school but start earlier as well.
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catholic school question..
I have a friend who teaches in a Catholic School out here and she told me that as of next year, they are taking away the Holy Days as off. The kids will have to go to school now (as will teachers obviously) and that it's not supposed to be a regular instruction day, but a religious day. There are other things they are changing as well, but that one stuck out to me.
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Re: catholic school question..
Posted by VickiC
I have a friend who teaches in a Catholic School out here and she told me that as of next year, they are taking away the Holy Days as off. The kids will have to go to school now (as will teachers obviously) and that it's not supposed to be a regular instruction day, but a religious day. There are other things they are changing as well, but that one stuck out to me.
Im in NJ so it may be different but which Holy Days? All catholic holidays are observed by regular DOE (Good Friday, Christmas). I think Holy Thursday may be the one that varies when easter / spring break happens.
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Re: catholic school question..
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I have a friend who teaches in a Catholic School out here and she told me that as of next year, they are taking away the Holy Days as off. The kids will have to go to school now (as will teachers obviously) and that it's not supposed to be a regular instruction day, but a religious day. There are other things they are changing as well, but that one stuck out to me.
Im in NJ so it may be different but which Holy Days? All catholic holidays are observed by regular DOE (Good Friday, Christmas). I think Holy Thursday may be the one that varies when easter / spring break happens.
I think she is talking about days such as Ascension Day, (which is today), Pentecost, Corpus Christi, Easter Monday, All Saints’ Day, etc. We get them off in Germany, especially more in the Catholic State I live in, so I believe they would observe them in a Catholic school.
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Re: catholic school question..
My DD goes to a catholic school currently for a 5 full day nursery program. They have many half days (though if you pay for after care, they send them there thankfully) and lots of days off for holy holidays although I did receive notice that next year they will not be off for All Saints Day, Immaculate Conception, or Ascension Thursday. Today DD has no school because of Ascension Thursday and the school randomly decided to have off tomorrow as well. They also end the year earlier than public schools. So I had to take off days from work to accommodate this. Despite that I have been happy with what she has been learning so far, and I signed her up again for next year for pre-k.
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catholic school question..
My public school is fairly good, but we are considering sending the kids to either a private school, there a few by me, or a catholic school. Both DH and I went to catholic school. I still have some time, but we keep it in mind. To be honest I want to see how my boys do in pre-k before moving in that direction. Services are better in a public school and if either of them need something that would significantly impact my decision
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Re: catholic school question..
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My public school is fairly good, but we are considering sending the kids to either a private school, there a few by me, or a catholic school. Both DH and I went to catholic school. I still have some time, but we keep it in mind. To be honest I want to see how my boys do in pre-k before moving in that direction. Services are better in a public school and if either of them need something that would significantly impact my decision
Same- we were discussing that we will see how DD is in a few years, but if she doesn't need any particular services I feel like we might want to go the catholic school route. Hopefully the school by me does away with all the holidays, like today's day off for ascension thursday. If they do, then I might be more inclined to send DD. Aside from random half days, it might not be too bad. I also like the idea of having off for the other school holidays and having the day to myself! LOL
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catholic school question..
Honestly, my concern would be that a catholic school would close. They’re closing left and right and tbh, I can see why, especially in “good” districts.
As for days off, I personally don’t think it makes sense to have opposite days off unless you have very reliable child care.
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Re: catholic school question..
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I have a friend who teaches in a Catholic School out here and she told me that as of next year, they are taking away the Holy Days as off. The kids will have to go to school now (as will teachers obviously) and that it's not supposed to be a regular instruction day, but a religious day. There are other things they are changing as well, but that one stuck out to me.
Im in NJ so it may be different but which Holy Days? All catholic holidays are observed by regular DOE (Good Friday, Christmas). I think Holy Thursday may be the one that varies when easter / spring break happens.
I think she is talking about days such as Ascension Day, (which is today), Pentecost, Corpus Christi, Easter Monday, All Saints’ Day, etc. We get them off in Germany, especially more in the Catholic State I live in, so I believe they would observe them in a Catholic school.
Correct - Ascension Thursday, Immaculate Conception, All Saint's Day, etc.; those special ones that don't coincide with the public school calendars like Good Friday and Christmas.
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Re: catholic school question..
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Honestly, my concern would be that a catholic school would close. They’re closing left and right and tbh, I can see why, especially in “good” districts.
As for days off, I personally don’t think it makes sense to have opposite days off unless you have very reliable child care.
Yes I agree. I would definitely look at the enrollment and see if it is high enough to sustain the school. I went to Catholic School as well and I would say at that point about 40% of the teachers were nuns. Now I feel like there are fewer nuns to teach, they need to pay lay people and they just can't afford it anymore. Not to mention the salaries often do not attract more experienced teachers and that would concern me as well.
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Re: catholic school question..
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I have a friend who teaches in a Catholic School out here and she told me that as of next year, they are taking away the Holy Days as off. The kids will have to go to school now (as will teachers obviously) and that it's not supposed to be a regular instruction day, but a religious day. There are other things they are changing as well, but that one stuck out to me.
Im in NJ so it may be different but which Holy Days? All catholic holidays are observed by regular DOE (Good Friday, Christmas). I think Holy Thursday may be the one that varies when easter / spring break happens.
I think she is talking about days such as Ascension Day, (which is today), Pentecost, Corpus Christi, Easter Monday, All Saints’ Day, etc. We get them off in Germany, especially more in the Catholic State I live in, so I believe they would observe them in a Catholic school.
Correct - Ascension Thursday, Immaculate Conception, All Saint's Day, etc.; those special ones that don't coincide with the public school calendars like Good Friday and Christmas.
Ahh ok, in NJ they don’t get off those holidays off. Just a special mass.
And thank goodness that would suck for me lol.
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catholic school question..
Where are you located? I would look at the curriculum and state test scores for your local public VS. Catholic school. In many areas you will find the Catholic school curriculum lacking.
ETA: My cousin sent me the report for all Catholic schools and the CS in our area had more students with levels 1 &2 than 3&4, now I am not saying test scores are everything but for me that speaks volumes.
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Re: catholic school question..
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Where are you located? I would look at the curriculum and state test scores for your local public VS. Catholic school. In many areas you will find the Catholic school curriculum lacking.
ETA: My cousin sent me the report for all Catholic schools and the CS in our area had more students with levels 1 &2 than 3&4, now I am not saying test scores are everything but for me that speaks volumes.
Western Nassau- GC/GC South area. Looking specifically at St. Anne's. I went to catholic elem. and HS, and I found that when I started college I had an easier time than my friends. I think a lot of that credit goes to the HS because I was given a lot of college credit opportunities and knew how to write long research papers by 11th grade, while some friends of mine never wrote ones until freshman year of college. That's not to say that the public schools are bad at all, but this was just my experience. I really felt like college was a breeze, and truly didn't struggle much.. Again, I think a lot of that has to do with my high school preparing me well.
Because of that, we are 100% sure we will be doing catholic HS. I don't necessarily think catholic elementary is crucial, but we are considering it because if she were to go to St. Anne's, then many of her friends might be going to the same catholic HS. If she were in the local public school, she may be one of the only students headed to catholic HS after 8th grade.
ETA: Read your last part. Keep in mind the local public schools will have a much higher number of students who actually take the state tests. Most catholic schools have like maybe 40 kids per grade, and figure at least half are opting out if not more. That's not really enough to compare IMO
With the public schools, you might have 100 or more students in that grade and if half opt out, you still have more than double the amount of students' data to analyze.
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catholic school question..
My husband wanted to send our kids to catholic school since he went. Right now the class sizes at our local catholic school are huge compared to the public school classes (many people started there for K when our district was half day and stayed). The class sizes turned me off.
They do offer some opportunities that our public school doesn’t but based on class size and price, it wasn’t right for us.
I am public school educated and I felt at a K-8 level back in the day, the public schools did more. Many of my friends transferred in from catholic school in 8th grade and were behind where I was academically. As for the high schools, the educations were equal but there were more AP opportunities in public school at the time than at the catholic schools.
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Re: catholic school question..
My sister's children go to Catholic Elementary School.
They do seem to get a lot of half days and random days off from school. This week they do not have school on M, Th, and F. School also ends early in June.
The K program seems to be VERY rigorous - I think at times TOO rigorous compared to public schools. They have 30-40 minutes of HW daily, which I think is a lot of a 4-6 year old. My SIL is a K teacher at a public school and also thinks my niece gets a lot of HW for K.
With that said, I like the idea of Catholic school due to the sense of community that exists. I personally am sending my son to public school as I live in a great medium sized district and can't justify the added expense when we are really not religious.
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Re: catholic school question..
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Where are you located? I would look at the curriculum and state test scores for your local public VS. Catholic school. In many areas you will find the Catholic school curriculum lacking.
ITA. And I say this as someone who went to catholic school and had a great experience.
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Re: catholic school question..
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Where are you located? I would look at the curriculum and state test scores for your local public VS. Catholic school. In many areas you will find the Catholic school curriculum lacking.
ETA: My cousin sent me the report for all Catholic schools and the CS in our area had more students with levels 1 &2 than 3&4, now I am not saying test scores are everything but for me that speaks volumes.
Western Nassau- GC/GC South area. Looking specifically at St. Anne's. I went to catholic elem. and HS, and I found that when I started college I had an easier time than my friends. I think a lot of that credit goes to the HS because I was given a lot of college credit opportunities and knew how to write long research papers by 11th grade, while some friends of mine never wrote ones until freshman year of college. That's not to say that the public schools are bad at all, but this was just my experience. I really felt like college was a breeze, and truly didn't struggle much.. Again, I think a lot of that has to do with my high school preparing me well.
Because of that, we are 100% sure we will be doing catholic HS. I don't necessarily think catholic elementary is crucial, but we are considering it because if she were to go to St. Anne's, then many of her friends might be going to the same catholic HS. If she were in the local public school, she may be one of the only students headed to catholic HS after 8th grade.
ETA: Read your last part. Keep in mind the local public schools will have a much higher number of students who actually take the state tests. Most catholic schools have like maybe 40 kids per grade, and figure at least half are opting out if not more. That's not really enough to compare IMO
With the public schools, you might have 100 or more students in that grade and if half opt out, you still have more than double the amount of students' data to analyze.
I have experience which shapes my opinion. I went to public school K-8 and Catholic HS. I had a much more rigorous education at public school. I glided through HS and it was an inferior education. Of course it could be the schools I attended.
GC is a fantastic school district so I would vote for public if we were voting lol
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Re: catholic school question..
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With the public schools, you might have 100 or more students in that grade and if half opt out, you still have more than double the amount of students' data to analyze.
Not intending to argue but it is based on percentages. So if there are more or less kids the fact remains x% got level 1 x% got level 2. My point is saying this is that I do not see the point in paying for school unless it is superior which in my area at least it is not. I know some like the religious aspect which I totally respect, my kids attend CCD weekly and that works for us but obviously not all.
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i went to catholic school k through college essentially - i feel like being limited to the same 60 kids from k-8 was not beneficial. i didn't really meet a ton of kids outside of school (except summer camp), nor was i exposed to all that much diversity at that time. i think schools are a bit more diverse now, but i feel like it limited me. i think catholic HS is different - i appreciated the experience i had, but with the prices being what they are- i would have to feel like hs was worth a 10k investment per year vs my public school. it really will come down to the needs of your student at that time.
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Where are you located? I would look at the curriculum and state test scores for your local public VS. Catholic school. In many areas you will find the Catholic school curriculum lacking.
ETA: My cousin sent me the report for all Catholic schools and the CS in our area had more students with levels 1 &2 than 3&4, now I am not saying test scores are everything but for me that speaks volumes.
Western Nassau- GC/GC South area. Looking specifically at St. Anne's. I went to catholic elem. and HS, and I found that when I started college I had an easier time than my friends. I think a lot of that credit goes to the HS because I was given a lot of college credit opportunities and knew how to write long research papers by 11th grade, while some friends of mine never wrote ones until freshman year of college. That's not to say that the public schools are bad at all, but this was just my experience. I really felt like college was a breeze, and truly didn't struggle much.. Again, I think a lot of that has to do with my high school preparing me well.
Because of that, we are 100% sure we will be doing catholic HS. I don't necessarily think catholic elementary is crucial, but we are considering it because if she were to go to St. Anne's, then many of her friends might be going to the same catholic HS. If she were in the local public school, she may be one of the only students headed to catholic HS after 8th grade.
ETA: Read your last part. Keep in mind the local public schools will have a much higher number of students who actually take the state tests. Most catholic schools have like maybe 40 kids per grade, and figure at least half are opting out if not more. That's not really enough to compare IMO
With the public schools, you might have 100 or more students in that grade and if half opt out, you still have more than double the amount of students' data to analyze.
I have experience which shapes my opinion. I went to public school K-8 and Catholic HS. I had a much more rigorous education at public school. I glided through HS and it was an inferior education. Of course it could be the schools I attended.
GC is a fantastic school district so I would vote for public if we were voting lol
I think I know where you live -- and if you are zoned for Washington Street School I highly suggest you go check it out. It is a great school, with awesome staff, principal, and parental involvement. St Anne's also seems like a great community but a smaller pond. I used to live in the area zoned for WSS as well. Feel free to PM me.
Like pp I also went to public school from grades K-8 and then catholic school from 9-12. When i went into catholic in 9th my friends from public school and I were in all the advanced classes and most of us graduated in the top 20% of the class. I did find that most of us were ahead academically. But that could also be the reason we chose to go to catholic schools vs public schools to begin with. Hard to tell.
Bottom line if you invest in your kids -- regardless of where they go, they will get a great education and have a great experience.
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Re: catholic school question..
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Western Nassau- GC/GC South area. Looking specifically at St. Anne's. I went to catholic elem. and HS, and I found that when I started college I had an easier time than my friends. I think a lot of that credit goes to the HS because I was given a lot of college credit opportunities and knew how to write long research papers by 11th grade, while some friends of mine never wrote ones until freshman year of college. That's not to say that the public schools are bad at all, but this was just my experience. I really felt like college was a breeze, and truly didn't struggle much.. Again, I think a lot of that has to do with my high school preparing me well.
Because of that, we are 100% sure we will be doing catholic HS. I don't necessarily think catholic elementary is crucial, but we are considering it because if she were to go to St. Anne's, then many of her friends might be going to the same catholic HS. If she were in the local public school, she may be one of the only students headed to catholic HS after 8th grade.
ETA: Read your last part. Keep in mind the local public schools will have a much higher number of students who actually take the state tests. Most catholic schools have like maybe 40 kids per grade, and figure at least half are opting out if not more. That's not really enough to compare IMO
With the public schools, you might have 100 or more students in that grade and if half opt out, you still have more than double the amount of students' data to analyze.
It really depends on where you live and the of school. You're going to get a mix of answers that probably won't be super helpful and there is a strong biased against the Catholic church on here.
For instance I am in NJ and the Catholics schools in my area don't have an opt out for testing. Also my sons school has a tougher curriculum than regular public schools because they follow both the DOE and Arch Diocese. Therefore, they have a more rigid curriculum. The public schools in my town are not good as well. However, my cousin went to catholic school in Queens which I would not put my son in now if I still lived there.
Also in Jersey City my sister did deal with one her kids schools closing that was Catholic and a charter school as well. So that is a very good point about the Catholics schools closing.
I would research both since it seems like you have two great option and see what fits your requirements.
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Re: catholic school question..
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Where are you located? I would look at the curriculum and state test scores for your local public VS. Catholic school. In many areas you will find the Catholic school curriculum lacking.
ETA: My cousin sent me the report for all Catholic schools and the CS in our area had more students with levels 1 &2 than 3&4, now I am not saying test scores are everything but for me that speaks volumes.
Western Nassau- GC/GC South area. Looking specifically at St. Anne's. I went to catholic elem. and HS, and I found that when I started college I had an easier time than my friends. I think a lot of that credit goes to the HS because I was given a lot of college credit opportunities and knew how to write long research papers by 11th grade, while some friends of mine never wrote ones until freshman year of college. That's not to say that the public schools are bad at all, but this was just my experience. I really felt like college was a breeze, and truly didn't struggle much.. Again, I think a lot of that has to do with my high school preparing me well.
Because of that, we are 100% sure we will be doing catholic HS. I don't necessarily think catholic elementary is crucial, but we are considering it because if she were to go to St. Anne's, then many of her friends might be going to the same catholic HS. If she were in the local public school, she may be one of the only students headed to catholic HS after 8th grade.
ETA: Read your last part. Keep in mind the local public schools will have a much higher number of students who actually take the state tests. Most catholic schools have like maybe 40 kids per grade, and figure at least half are opting out if not more. That's not really enough to compare IMO
With the public schools, you might have 100 or more students in that grade and if half opt out, you still have more than double the amount of students' data to analyze.
I have experience which shapes my opinion. I went to public school K-8 and Catholic HS. I had a much more rigorous education at public school. I glided through HS and it was an inferior education. Of course it could be the schools I attended.
GC is a fantastic school district so I would vote for public if we were voting lol
I think I know where you live -- and if you are zoned for Washington Street School I highly suggest you go check it out. It is a great school, with awesome staff, principal, and parental involvement. St Anne's also seems like a great community but a smaller pond. I used to live in the area zoned for WSS as well. Feel free to PM me.
Like pp I also went to public school from grades K-8 and then catholic school from 9-12. When i went into catholic in 9th my friends from public school and I were in all the advanced classes and most of us graduated in the top 20% of the class. I did find that most of us were ahead academically. But that could also be the reason we chose to go to catholic schools vs public schools to begin with. Hard to tell.
Bottom line if you invest in your kids -- regardless of where they go, they will get a great education and have a great experience.
yep i'm WSS and I've heard fantastic things. I am leaning more towards sending her there for elementary and then doing catholic HS unless she doesn't want to go..
To the other poster (DiamondGirl), I'm not GC school district otherwise I would agree with you on that point haha
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Re: catholic school question..
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Where are you located? I would look at the curriculum and state test scores for your local public VS. Catholic school. In many areas you will find the Catholic school curriculum lacking.
ETA: My cousin sent me the report for all Catholic schools and the CS in our area had more students with levels 1 &2 than 3&4, now I am not saying test scores are everything but for me that speaks volumes.
Western Nassau- GC/GC South area. Looking specifically at St. Anne's. I went to catholic elem. and HS, and I found that when I started college I had an easier time than my friends. I think a lot of that credit goes to the HS because I was given a lot of college credit opportunities and knew how to write long research papers by 11th grade, while some friends of mine never wrote ones until freshman year of college. That's not to say that the public schools are bad at all, but this was just my experience. I really felt like college was a breeze, and truly didn't struggle much.. Again, I think a lot of that has to do with my high school preparing me well.
Because of that, we are 100% sure we will be doing catholic HS. I don't necessarily think catholic elementary is crucial, but we are considering it because if she were to go to St. Anne's, then many of her friends might be going to the same catholic HS. If she were in the local public school, she may be one of the only students headed to catholic HS after 8th grade.
ETA: Read your last part. Keep in mind the local public schools will have a much higher number of students who actually take the state tests. Most catholic schools have like maybe 40 kids per grade, and figure at least half are opting out if not more. That's not really enough to compare IMO
With the public schools, you might have 100 or more students in that grade and if half opt out, you still have more than double the amount of students' data to analyze.
I have experience which shapes my opinion. I went to public school K-8 and Catholic HS. I had a much more rigorous education at public school. I glided through HS and it was an inferior education. Of course it could be the schools I attended.
GC is a fantastic school district so I would vote for public if we were voting lol
I think I know where you live -- and if you are zoned for Washington Street School I highly suggest you go check it out. It is a great school, with awesome staff, principal, and parental involvement. St Anne's also seems like a great community but a smaller pond. I used to live in the area zoned for WSS as well. Feel free to PM me.
Like pp I also went to public school from grades K-8 and then catholic school from 9-12. When i went into catholic in 9th my friends from public school and I were in all the advanced classes and most of us graduated in the top 20% of the class. I did find that most of us were ahead academically. But that could also be the reason we chose to go to catholic schools vs public schools to begin with. Hard to tell.
Bottom line if you invest in your kids -- regardless of where they go, they will get a great education and have a great experience.
yep i'm WSS and I've heard fantastic things. I am leaning more towards sending her there for elementary and then doing catholic HS unless she doesn't want to go..
To the other poster (DiamondGirl), I'm not GC school district otherwise I would agree with you on that point haha
It is a tough decision. I know when I was young I wanted to stick with public school and go where all my classmates were going for HS. So if that is what you are afraid of dealing with come HS i hear ya. But my mom forced me to go to catholic HS and i survived LOL. It was hard at first (not gonna lie) but looking back it was the right thing for me. I am glad I went.
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Katareen
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Re: catholic school question..
Posted by DiamondGirl
Posted by mommy2be716
With the public schools, you might have 100 or more students in that grade and if half opt out, you still have more than double the amount of students' data to analyze.
Not intending to argue but it is based on percentages. So if there are more or less kids the fact remains x% got level 1 x% got level 2. My point is saying this is that I do not see the point in paying for school unless it is superior which in my area at least it is not. I know some like the religious aspect which I totally respect, my kids attend CCD weekly and that works for us but obviously not all.
I agree it really depends. If you’re talking about a school like Chaminade, it is probably superior to most public schools. But not all of them are as academically rigorous.
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