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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having tried Catholic as a protestant, I would discourage it. The "better attention" my child got (not) was punitive and shaming.  The mom culture was very clique-ish and gossipy.  The teachers often have very poor credentials and no real understanding of how to teach.  The test scores, facilities and teaching standards (and salaries) are much better in some publics, like VA.  Depending on the quality of your state schools, I would go private or public, but never again Catholic.[/quote]

Agree 100%.  Our story was as follows:  Left a good in-boundary public school to attend Catholic.  K and 1st grade were the best years, but began to see the shortcomings in the curriculum and teacher experience and skills starting in 2nd grade.  By 3rd grade, we knew we needed to leave or our child would be disadvantaged academically.  Returned to the in-boundary public school and realized DC was behind academically.  Spend the whole year catching up and building a foundation that was not there coming from the Catholic school.  From public school, went on to private school for middle school.  We are thankful we went back to the public school because we are certain DC would not have gotten into his current school from the Catholic school.  I will add another observation.  The teachers and staff were overly punitive especially with boys.  Your child will be quick to be labeled a problem student if they do not fall in line.  And, if they have ADHD or any learning issues, the staff were not trained to deal with them or provide accomodations.  To my knowledge, Catholic teachers are not required to be certified like public school teachers.  So, no I would not choose parochial to save money.[/quote]

There are a handful of strong Catholic schools that are providing a strong academic foundation and preparing kids well for high school and college.  The range between good and bad schools is wide and each particular student is different.   I've learned doing my own research that a few of the Catholic schools including one mentioned by a PP above, have most teachers that are certified or must have certification within 3 years of being hired, and those same teachers have advanced degrees in their area of specialty. [/quote]

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