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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BSS isn't just a school, it's a way of life. If you send your kids there you are part of a clique that vacations at Bethany, belongs to Columbia, drives a huge American SUV and raises lax bros and gals to play at Gonazaga and Visi. You're either all in or not. [/quote]

As a current BS family, it does give these vibes and the multi-generational thing is definitely there. However, having just graduated an 8th grader who turned down one of those schools and having received the newsletter yesterday, a third of the class is attending St. John’s this year, a marked difference from just the previous year. Not even 1/4 of the girls are going to Visi versus last year when, if I recall correctly, more than half the girls went that way. Almost 1/2 the girls are going to St. John’s.

I will note that with two working parents I find it nearly impossible to manage the daytime asks, last minute asks for baked goods, etc., especially with multiple children there. We miss a lot of these types of “come to the classroom to see your child do x y or z” things as at times there are multiple in the same week. I also wish they would ask up front for a fee for all the variety of donations, fundraisers, etc. I’d much rather give you another $500 than be asked for money to fill a baby bottle, sell frozen food, donation to sisters of the whatever, $10 for this field trip, etc. It’s exhausting.

On a final note, we are Catholic, but a different parish. The children attend mass once a month and while the sacrament years are more highly Catholicism focused, the other years have a strong social justice bent. We have attended mass at BS many times now (we like it better than our home parish) and very very rarely do we see more than one or two of any of my kids’ classmates at mass.[/quote]

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