Are Catholic privates less flaunty about wealth vs independent privates?

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Anonymous wrote:I’d be surprised if an parish elementary school except maybe in a very wealthy neighborhood was into flaunting wealth. Are they actually luxury SUVs or just big cars? Catholic families with a bunch of kids need big vehicles.

Actual luxury SUVs. New Range Rovers, Tesla Model X, Cadillac Escalades, Mercedes, Audi, BMW X7s, a couple of G-Wagons.

[Anonymous]

Lots of loaded Chevrolet Tahoes and Suburbans and Yukon Denalis too. Those are not cheap vehicles. I would feel a little insecure driving an decade old Subaru in a lineup like that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of loaded Chevrolet Tahoes and Suburbans and Yukon Denalis too. Those are not cheap vehicles. I would feel a little insecure driving an decade old Subaru in a lineup like that!

Not cheap, but definitely not luxury.

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I was wondering what OP’s Catholic school thread of the day would be.

[Anonymous]

At our HS school, kids walk, bike, take public transportation or a school bus, get dropped off or drive themselves sometimes in a carpool. Many different ways to get to school which reflects the very diverse student body.

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To the PP who worried that their Subaru might be too small or too old :

Our parochial school has several families with collection of small old convertible porsches, ferraris, etc. so don't worry about being the smallest, oldest car in the pickup line.

Seriously though, we drive an old minivan. It works for us. Nobody cares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our HS school, kids walk, bike, take public transportation or a school bus, get dropped off or drive themselves sometimes in a carpool. Many different ways to get to school which reflects the very diverse student body.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a fun game I play. Try to find a Cadillac SUV that does not have a Catholic school magnet on the back.

I saw one with a Bullis sticker.

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Catholic schools are not a monolith. There are some with more economic diversity than others. I'd imagine there is not much difference between Georgetown Prep/Visitation than say Sidwell/NCS/GDS with regard to wealth flaunting.

[Anonymous]

Nope

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a fun game I play. Try to find a Cadillac SUV that does not have a Catholic school magnet on the back.

We play: Guess which Catholic school stickers will be on that Suburban passing by.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the PP who worried that their Subaru might be too small or too old :

Our parochial school has several families with collection of small old convertible porsches, ferraris, etc. so don't worry about being the smallest, oldest car in the pickup line.

Seriously though, we drive an old minivan. It works for us. Nobody cares.

Of course nobody is literally going to mock you to your face. But how can it not make you feel a little uneasy and less than to drive an unstylish older car in a sea of new luxury SUVs.

[Anonymous]

If everyone is driving a status symbol luxury rig, what's that tease out about the atmosphere of the school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the PP who worried that their Subaru might be too small or too old :

Our parochial school has several families with collection of small old convertible porsches, ferraris, etc. so don't worry about being the smallest, oldest car in the pickup line.

Seriously though, we drive an old minivan. It works for us. Nobody cares.

Of course nobody is literally going to mock you to your face. But how can it not make you feel a little uneasy and less than to drive an unstylish older car in a sea of new luxury SUVs.

Most of us are normal adults who don't get bothered by whether our neighbor drives a nicer car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a fun game I play. Try to find a Cadillac SUV that does not have a Catholic school magnet on the back.

We play: Guess which Catholic school stickers will be on that Suburban passing by.

I saw one double-parked on Wisconsin the other day. The guy in the driver’s seat was wearing a yarmulke.