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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can speak having been parishioners of both. OLGC vibe is very active, community- oriented, young and supportive pastor. You see a lot of young families at masses. They have a lot of special celebrations and traditions that both the school and church are involved in. Strong school, engaged families. Bigger class sizes, as one poster mentioned.

St. Mark parish and school and parish strike me as 2 entirely different entities. School seems more private with some religion scattered in vs. a cohesive community. Mostly old people at mass, rarely see families from the school. Needs some reinvigoration in my opinion. Smaller class size. Lovely families overall.

Both schools will be really difficult to get into so get on a waitlist now as a lot of public kids transferred over during COVID and stayed taking up spots[/quote]

We are a St. Mark parish and school family and agree with this. The pastor at St. Mark is hands off with the school and there isn't much of a relationship with the church. You don't see many families at mass. The principal is nice and has strengths, but it feels like a bit of a bare bones type of atmosphere in terms of activities, community building, PTPO leadership, etc. The academics seems on par, and the class sizes are good (usually 20 or less). You can look at the school's website and Facebook page and get a feel for the difference in the schools and approach to activities, technology, communication, etc. St. Mark is very dated. The teacher turnover in the lower grades has been an issue for some children who have had 4-5 teachers over two years with abrupt teacher departures with very little communication to parents. Some of this is likely due to the pandemic and staffing challenges, but also maybe some internal morale issues. Families have transferred to OLGC and other schools the past couple of years for these reasons. St. Mark has all the potential in the world, though - it's a really nice school and a good community of people.[/quote]

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