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[quote=Anonymous]Teacher exodus (including some retiring) has been a problem at other Arlington diocese Catholic schools as well. And the departing teachers are replaced with less qualified teachers, usually former aides who are switching careers.... very nice people but don't necessarily have the skills to handle a rowdy/ disruptive classroom, multi-task, plan lessons, etc. But you can't expect more if the diocese is paying them about $40k/year I think.

At DC's former diocese school, several teachers left (not sure if quit or fired) mid-year. A few years ago, my DC's teacher left on medical leave and her classroom was taken over by random unqualified substitutes. Needless to say, DC fell behind in Math especially due to several months of learning loss.

We were mainly satisfied with Catholic education until the teacher exodus. We put DC into public for middle school. Teachers are experienced and very qualified (but we have to deal with the other ills of public and lots of iPad lessons)!

Also to add, DC had too much religious instruction during his last year at diocese school--half of Friday lessons were spent in Mass, discussing Mass afterwards, and singing practice. Kind of a waste of day considering the teachers were behind in ALL lesson plans.
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