Switching to Catholic school- tips?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Understand that the teachers are poorly paid, may not be certified in the area in which they are teaching, are forbidden from being gay, likely have terrible health care, and have no organization to back them up if they have a mean principal. I would look for a regular private school.

You do realize that “regular” private schools charge quadruple what Catholics do in tuition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Understand that the teachers are poorly paid, may not be certified in the area in which they are teaching, are forbidden from being gay, likely have terrible health care, and have no organization to back them up if they have a mean principal. I would look for a regular private school.

Oh, and secular privates around here aren’t unionized either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would send my kid to a “bad” public school, homeschool or move before I’d send my kid to a Catholic school. I disagree with quite literally everything they stand for.

Nobody asked your opinion dough

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just my honest opinion here. I had a horrible experience in Catholic school. Be prepared for potential brainwashing and bigotry. That's the main reason my parents pulled me out of Catholic school after 5th grade and sent me to public school. Additionally, one of my teachers wouldn't let me talk about evolution, so if your kids like science tell them not to talk about that.

I can't imagine why your teacher didn't let you talk about evolution, given that Catholics aren't young-earth creationists and are fully on board with evolution. In fact the big bang theory was developed by a Catholic priest astronomer. Super weird school you must have attended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would send my kid to a “bad” public school, homeschool or move before I’d send my kid to a Catholic school. I disagree with quite literally everything they stand for.

Nobody asked your opinion dough

OP asked for tips.

[Anonymous]

As someone who is raised Catholic and who's entire family went to Catholic school, please do not.
Church should not be in education in any way. Most days we spent more time learning about scripture than about reading, writing, and math.

[Anonymous]

Definitely look into the schools, esp high schools. Some of the Catholic schools around here are filled with all the kids that got kicked out of public school and had to find a Catholic school. Paul VI used to be known as the school where all the bad kids went when they got expelled from the public schools (don't know if it's still that way, but was a few years ago).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely look into the schools, esp high schools. Some of the Catholic schools around here are filled with all the kids that got kicked out of public school and had to find a Catholic school. Paul VI used to be known as the school where all the bad kids went when they got expelled from the public schools (don't know if it's still that way, but was a few years ago).

Interesting blanket statement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely look into the schools, esp high schools. Some of the Catholic schools around here are filled with all the kids that got kicked out of public school and had to find a Catholic school. Paul VI used to be known as the school where all the bad kids went when they got expelled from the public schools (don't know if it's still that way, but was a few years ago).

+1

[Anonymous]

I can't think of any situation where I would send a junior high or high school student to Catholic school. I prefer my children understand basic sexual education and their bodies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would send my kid to a “bad” public school, homeschool or move before I’d send my kid to a Catholic school. I disagree with quite literally everything they stand for.

+1 I would avoid them because of the uniforms alone.

[Anonymous]

Generally the best looking kids go to Catholic schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would deeply investigate what they do to protect kids against sexual assault.

You mean as compared to the sovereign immunity-protected public schools where the abuse problem (1) remains current, unlike Catholic schools with extremely effective protective programs; and (2) the (ongoing) abuse is estimated to be 100x the alleged problems of the past in Catholic institutions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just my honest opinion here. I had a horrible experience in Catholic school. Be prepared for potential brainwashing and bigotry. That's the main reason my parents pulled me out of Catholic school after 5th grade and sent me to public school. Additionally, one of my teachers wouldn't let me talk about evolution, so if your kids like science tell them not to talk about that.

Well the times they are a changing Doris

My mom learned about evolution in Catholic school in the 70s. Not trying to deny your experience, PP, but I would guess that this would be more regional than anything else.

[Anonymous]

I would work on penmanship with the younger one, definitely cursive and times tables for the older one.