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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mass and “churchy” stuff are fine. Just don’t do it at the EXPENSE of “schooly” academics. Make the days and/or school year a bit longer to accommodate. And no more BS half days.

Catholic teachers want the best of both worlds — public school calendars/pay AND the churchy stuff / well-behaved religious students. Sorry, pick one. [/quote]

We have done public and Catholic elementary schools. The Catholic’s school day was 45 minutes shorter and included religion class daily and weekly mass, so I get the argument that the school provides less instructional time. But in our experience, a lot of instructional time at public was actually just wasted time. Wasted in transition, wasted on the lowest 3 kids, wasted on correcting behavioral issues that didn’t really happen in the Catholic school, and in showing Disney and Pixar movies. I’m totally fine with Catholic school teachers taking an extra day. They do a lot more grading of written work and they spend a lot more time “on” versus just showing a movie or sticking kids on “educational apps.” Again, just our experience with our specific public elementary schools and Catholic elementary school. [/quote]

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