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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We can afford the 9K tuition (with FA) but it’s still extra money we could save if we do public. However, we see so many academic benefits from Catholic in addition to the lovely close knit community, smaller teacher/student ratio and how the school embraces other religions (despite teaching from the Catholic perspective of course). Public would be considered by many a “strong” one but class sizes are in the large side. Feeling “guilty” about oaring tuition while having a “good” public in neighborhood..but is it “good” for real… [/quote]

What are the benefits again? [/quote]

Op here.

Teacher-student ratio (2 teachers per class up to grade 4, after that, ratio is still small as kids are divided up in various classes based on academic need)
Smaller community where they do know your kid’s name 
Spanish class 2 times per week starting in pk
PE 3 times a week 
2 recesses 
Strong reading and writing foundation taught 
Teacher stability… the majority has been there for years and love the school and teaching 
Much more racially diverse than our public ES for sure 
More hands on learning opportunities as teachers do have more flexibility in how to teach 
Less Chromebook use in young grades 
Cursive still being taught for those who can/want to learn

These are the ones I can think of 
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I am no fan of our mcps ES, and have to homeschool because ours is so bad (students are great, but the staff is bad). Every ES is different: do the teachers talk at you and the students and prefer to gossip and do the bare minimum—this is the characteristic of poorly managed schools—or do they seem to care and enjoy being with the other teachers and students? Are the students materialistic, racist, and is the atmosphere stifling?—That is the biggest problem of W schools.

I would base my decision on the environment and culture. A couple Spanish classes a week is not going to move the needle on being bilingual. Cursive is nbd imo, frequent PE is a detriment since my kids work out quite enough. It sounds like the biggest benefits are smaller classes and higher quality ELA. ELA at mcps ES is not wonderful: ELC isn’t offered until 4th and 5th to qualifying students and is ok but nothing to go out of your way for. I don’t understand people who rave about it—it seems like how ELA should have been taught from the start.

If you like that Catholic school, might be worth your while. [/quote]

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