Wrong, what? If you're Catholic and belong to a parish, the parish will help subsidize your child's tuition at the parochial school? Is that what you're using to say that "them that has, gets" is wrong? |
Very well said! OP - you may not be able to afford private school, but can you at least afford supplemental classes like AOPS? Have your child take extra classes in language arts and math. |
DP, but all of these people are coming out of the woodwork acting like they're entitled to a Catholic school education simply because it's in person. Of course if you're middle income and haven't been planning your life to afford it, it's probably out of reach on short notice. I come from a pretty Catholic, blue collar family and although I did not attend Catholic school growing up, many of my cousins did. My aunts/uncles were middle class (think truck drivers, nurses, secretaries) and often made some pretty big sacrifices to afford tuition, particularly by the time high school rolled around. In at least one case they didn't save for college because that $$ was spent for Catholic school tuition (cousins lived at home and attended the local state college while working). And lets not forget that if someone in your house gets Covid and needs long term medical care, that will be expensive too. There are no easy answers for the non-wealthy. |
so you're saying that OP was short sighted by not converting to catholicism? |
Can you afford a tutor?
Even at 50-75/hr, it’s way cheaper than private school. |
DP here. It’s worth pointing out that financial assistance is also available to non-Catholics. You don’t need to be a member of the parish to apply for aid. |
OP here. Thank you for the responses and advice.
Daughter is 6, almost 7. She hates school so much that I doubt a tutor or supplementing will help more than harm. I can barely get her to engage during school hours. She’s generally not happy but we try to have family fun when we can. I will be sending her to summer camp, so she’ll get some socializing and fun there, hopefully. So that’s something to look forward to? If school doesn’t open in the fall I will look into a local pod or something. |
We all know it is hard, OP. I post above, but have you looked at any Outschool classes? My kids are older, but they have found some weekly sessions they enjoy and look forward to. Most aren't that expensive. |
My kids went to private on 68% financial aid. Stop complaining you can’t afford. |
You do what you do when students are in person. You supplement. Get some workbooks or text books or if MCPS gave you some, you sit down with your kid and work through them. You can also use the free tutor service that started yesterday, get free tutoring from various organizations offering it and use homework hotline. |
That's still a lot of money and you are clearly comfortable with multiple kids even with aid. |
Then, stop complaining. You will not try to supplement and justified it so she will fall behind. |
Seems odd for someone who got substantial aid to tell OP she should stop complaining about not being able to afford private. Even if OP is as or more deserving of aid as you, there is absolutely no guarantee she would get similar aid that would allow her to afford it. It sounds like you should be exceptionally grateful for getting a private school education you largely didn't pay for rather than lambasting others for being concerned they can't afford what you have been given. |
Ignore this nasty PP. OP, you are of course sensible; it's only on DCUM that people pretend this travesty of remote education for young children is anything approaching adequate. I don't understand why people delude themselves into believing their seven-year-olds are learning anything from DL, but they are invested in the fantasy so whatever. My suggestion with your DD at this age is to homeschool rather than supplement. You will spend the same amount of time and you won't have the hours of wasted time on a video. Your DD won't learn to resent education the same way. She too is being sensible, incidentally, of course this is all wildly developmentally inappropriate. Just walk away from the current mess and homeschool. It is a more rational response. |
If you say you can’t afford it you still apply and see what you get. You don’t stomp like a whiny baby. Our schools over 30% get between 10-95% FA. |