Bishop Oconnell - not catholic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Genuine question - why send your kids to Catholic if you are not Catholic? Is this an attempt at backdoor/cheaper private school?

Do you really need to ask this question! The same reason any parent chooses private school for a cheaper price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Genuine question - why send your kids to Catholic if you are not Catholic? Is this an attempt at backdoor/cheaper private school?

It’s not a back door when Catholic schools are perfectly welcoming of non-Catholic students. At least as far as admin and teachers. Clearly some families believe Catholic schools should be for the Catholics alone.

[Anonymous]

How would Bishop OConnell be for a non-Catholic LGBT student?

[Anonymous]

Our kids are at BI and neither are an issue. Kids don’t even know who’s Catholic or not except maybe for who takes communion if they are really paying attention (they are not). And there are gay kids there and they are accepted/it’s not a big deal. There’s no anti-gay teaching in religion that we have experienced (thus far). There’s no pride flags waving or coming out days celebrated but kids are accepted as they are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Genuine question - why send your kids to Catholic if you are not Catholic? Is this an attempt at backdoor/cheaper private school?

Rigor. Structure. Dress code. Freedom from educational fads like Lucy Calkins or "math workshop".

[Anonymous]

My DD goes and its a non issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would Bishop OConnell be for a non-Catholic LGBT student?

LGB would be fine. I think there are better options for someone who identifies as QT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would Bishop OConnell be for a non-Catholic LGBT student?

LGB would be fine. I think there are better options for someone who identifies as QT.

+1

Also at BI. My kids have many, many friends who are LGB and a few who use they/them among their peers, but alternate pronouns aren't recognized by the school even if there are a few individual teachers who are supportive. There's also no leeway with the uniform.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would Bishop OConnell be for a non-Catholic LGBT student?

My artsy kid is a graduate.

The way my child explained it is that nobody cares (peers) who you "kiss" as long as the other person wants to kiss them back.

Both my kids have dated someone who has dated a bi-sexual person.

At O'Connell, girls can wear pants or a kilt.
Also, the trend is that what would have been a "date" event in the 1990s = usually, a "group" event, and the numbers don't have to be even.
Some kids that we assumed identified as straight (cis) brought a friend from another school of the same gender as a guest to events. (Don't quote me, but it appears this way).

The other poster who said there are no rainbow flags....same thing. But there will be teachers who just support kids no matter what.