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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm going to go out on a limb and put this out here, mostly because DCUM is anonymous. I know in liberal DC (we're liberal, just also religious Christians) talk of religious stuff is kind of taboo.
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Here's the thing - we made a decision to be committed to DCPS and the sometimes-difficult integration it requires out of a sense of Christian obligation, the idea that getting what's best for me is not actually what I'm supposed to be doing in life. (And I can imagine many others feeling a similar ethical calling regardless of faith tradition, or altruistic humanists, etc.)

I don't ask this to denigrate anyone's choices - but is there anyone out there like us? Who decided rather than some episcopal day school or Catholic school that might teach religion, that being a good neighbor meant actually trying to work alongside your neighbors to make DCPS all that it can be?

Just a question, not a criticism of anyone. (Sometimes it just feels kind of like there is no one out there in DC like us, and I wonder if that is true.)[/quote]

Sounds like someone can't afford private school and it trying to justify this to themselves.

We are conservative Catholics and are in DCPS Title I school.  We love the school and the community.  Plus it is convenient for us and I like the price.  I don't at all feel like I am obligated by my religion to use the school to fulfill any Christian obligation or ethical calling.  We donate to Catholic charities who are doing the heavy lifting on improving "thy neighbor" in DC and around the world.  [/quote]

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