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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh fun.  Another thread about the outdated practice of using textbooks.  You don't need textbooks to learn.  They rarely match the actual curriculum being taught and are a waste of money. You must also have been really disappointed when encyclopedias went the way of the dodo bird.[/quote]

Oh fun.  The usual charming troll is back to tell the rest of us what our kids do and don't need.  Newsflash:  my kids don't need some idiotic online "textbook" that freezes and glitches and is subject to the whims of our internet actually working.  Textbooks are a crucial part of learning WELL.  [/quote]

Sorry. It’s not 1990 anymore. Textbooks aren’t coming back in public schools. [b]Try Catholic.[/b][/quote]

That's exactly what we plan to do - along with plenty of other families.  [/quote]

We went to an open house at our local k-8 Catholic school. We really liked it and wanted to apply. Since we are not Catholics, our kids are likely not to get in. Apparently there is a lengthy waitlist. We were told precovid we would not of had an issue. [/quote]

You are not Catholic but you would send your kid to a Catholic school?

Might want to read up on Catholism. [/quote]

I think you might want to read up.  Catholic schools are known for being open to people other other faiths, and there is a reason for that.  The reason is that the mission of most Catholic schools - and of Catholic school in general - is not to serve an insular population of Catholics.  In fact, the Jesuits, who run many of the Catholic educational institutions, explicitly state that their mission is to reach all people, not just Catholics.[/quote]

Agree with this. We are non Catholics and send our youngest to a parochial school. Kept the older two at FCPS but sent our youngest during covid. DD’s class made a sacrament a few weeks back. I was worried my kid would feel left out, but it was a nonissue.  [/quote]

“We don’t teach them because THEY are Catholic; we teach them because WE are”.[/quote]

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