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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are strongly considering putting our third kid in Catholic school for kindergarten next year. Two oldest are in MCPS and overall it has been okay, except that we regret not sending the oldest one to private HS (The public HS is [b]huge, overcrowded and counselors basically have barely anytime for any middle of the road kid[/b].). Our public ES and MS although “good schools” are also [b]overcrowded[/b]. We want a closer knit school community that a Catholic school could give our family due to a smaller size, and even though we don’t practice much Catholicism (I am Catholic, spouse isn’t) we wouldn’t mind child having that Catholic/God “connection” via the school. I guess we see more the value of that now than we did a few years ago.. However, I’m having major guilt about doing this differently this time around. I feel that I will miss the public school community and experience (school bus, classmates being neighbors etc) that our first two kiddos have had and feel bad that I will “rob” our third kiddo of the public school experience. Would love to hear others perspectives! We think child would likely thrive in any environment as a context.. [/quote]

We pulled our kids from public school (FCPS) a few years ago because we wanted well-behaved students and a classroom conducive to learning, fewer political distractions, and a better student-to-teacher ratio; education is a priority for our family and that's where we spent most of our discretionary income. The smaller schools, tighter-knit social circle, and frankly, far less "problematic" students or "drama" has been a breath of fresh air. We could never go back to public school at this point.

Most of the kids in our neighborhood are still in public school. The kids still play together in the neighborhood; our kids also play organized sports, dance, etc. and still have their friends from those activities. We still go to the community pool and the kids play with other kids there just as well as they did before.

I do sometimes miss the convenience of sending the kids to the bus stop, but other than that, I miss nothing about the "public school experience."[/quote]

DP nicely summarizes how we feel about our Catholic K8 community.  Of course there are still conflicts and other typical challenges kids find in school, but incidents tend to not be a huge deal that suck all the resources available.  But zero physical fights, or physical bullying, etc.  Plus I've found the parent community is easier to find since volunteer requirements are so high (one of the reasons for low tuition) so there are more opportunities to connect with other parents. [/quote]

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