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[quote=Anonymous]We are leaving Catholic to go back to public next year. We left public due to Covid and it’s been great for the last two years but I don’t really see us going all the way through 8th and then to Catholic high school which is undoubtedly where most of the kids from the parochial will end up. I don’t want my child to have to start over meeting new people so I figure it’s better to move back to our neighborhood school now before friendships fully solidify. FCPS certainly has its issues but most of our neighbors seem happy with our local public elementary and very few kids in our area go to private… and some definitely have the money for it. I figure we can always reevaluate down the road. The Catholic school is our parish school and I knew before enrolling that it is on the conservative side. It is even more conservative than I thought and doesn’t quite line up with my personal preferences as a Catholic who grew up in a parish that was more laid-back. I don’t think you can make a blanket generalization about all Catholic schools just like you can’t make one about all FCPS schools. It’s all going to depend on the school administration, the teachers, class sizes, culture, etc. My child has done well at Catholic and I’m worried about language arts in FCPS. But I know they’re about a month behind our FCPS school in math and I don’t think science is anything special either. I personally feel I can supplement language arts at home if needed — it’s always been a strength of mine — but math and science would be harder and I’ve heard kids who go from Catholic parochial to public HS aren’t always prepared on those.

Honestly I won’t know if this is the right decision until we go back to public and see how it goes. I try to remember this board is skewed by major complainers. There are pros and cons just like everything else in life. [/quote]

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