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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids moved into the Shrevewood district after they aged out of elementary school, so I don’t have direct experience. I do know that many of our neighbors send their elementary aged kids to other schools. [/quote]

This could have been a covid thing. [/quote]
There is a really popular Catholic school within walking distance of Shrevewood, I think that is probably what PP is talking about. There are a lot of families in our neighborhood that go there including several that switched their kids there during the pandemic because they wanted their kids in person and then never switched back.

OP - if you have a smart kid, they'll do fine. If you have an average or below average kid, they will be ignored. I hear it's the same at all FCPS schools.[/quote]

I think the Catholic school you're mentioning is St. James, which is actually not a very good, especially for students with learning disabilities.[/quote]

Do you have a child with SLD that attended St James?[/quote]

Yea, both my kids attended St. James. Our younger kid was diagnosed with dyslexia and the school said they couldn't support him, but they wanted to keep the older child. We decided to move both kids to Shrevewood and we had tremendous support from the principal at the time and all my kid's teachers. This was about ten years ago and my kid's are both thriving at Marshall now, so some things may have chanced at St. James. But we still attend mass weekly there and by the look of it, the school has gone downhill since my kids have left. About half of my younger son's classmates at St. James actually went on to go to Shrevewood/FC schools instead, and he started seeing them at CCD.[/quote]

Unfortunately this has always been the case - I attended in the 1990s and saw friends siblings leave because of it. That’s the unfortunate reality of parochial schools - the resources ($$) aren’t there to support most kids with special needs. It’s not a problem unique to SJS and yes, most kids with special needs are better served at their local public school. I’m glad your kids are doing well but I disagree that SJS has gone downhill - the school was shrinking and covid enrollment has really brought it back to life (as other posters on here attest to - enrollment is still way up even after covid - parents have decided to stay).[/quote]

I’d have to agree with this. The families that I know at St. James are very happy. I don’t know if those families have kids with special needs, however. I was tempted to apply to the school for my kid, but we are not Catholic. [/quote]

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