St. Jerome's K-8 in Hyattsville

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gay dads here with a 5 year old thinking about enrolling our son at St Jerome’s. We would really appreciate any input. Doesn’t sound like an lgbt friendly environment. We live in DC but right at the border with Maryland in NE DC.

Current SJA family here. I think there are more families at SJA where gay dads would not raise an eyebrow. But there def is a conservative minority who can make families feel unwelcome. I don’t think it’ll be a kumbaya environment but I’m sure you’ll also find your tribe of families at SJA.

It is very catholic though and you’d have to be ok with that. I don’t think our kids have repeated anything anti-lgbt that they might have heard and I think that’s something they’d say something about bc we have close family members and friends who are gay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gay dads here with a 5 year old thinking about enrolling our son at St Jerome’s. We would really appreciate any input. Doesn’t sound like an lgbt friendly environment. We live in DC but right at the border with Maryland in NE DC.

Current SJA family here. I think there are more families at SJA where gay dads would not raise an eyebrow. But there def is a conservative minority who can make families feel unwelcome. I don’t think it’ll be a kumbaya environment but I’m sure you’ll also find your tribe of families at SJA.

It is very catholic though and you’d have to be ok with that. I don’t think our kids have repeated anything anti-lgbt that they might have heard and I think that’s something they’d say something about bc we have close family members and friends who are gay.

I would look at Christian Family Montessori School in DC over SJA if your okay with Montessori-much more welcoming to all families.

[Anonymous]

There are plenty of kindergartens within PGCPS that are welcoming and where your family would be legally protected - and your kiddo would get a good education. SJA has changed over the years and there are some decidedly anti-LGBTQ families in the mix there.