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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because public school class sizes are huge, there's a range of abilities that is impossible for even the most seasoned teacher to accommodate, and well behaved kids who are on or above grade level are ignored. The established private schools aren't stupid and have done a good job advertising to UMC families of solid students who are increasingly fed up. Throw in a modest merit scholarship for the ones with top grades and test scores and it's not a hard sell.[/quote]

There are not merit scholarships for top grades at local independent schools[/quote]

[b]Huh? There are definitely merit scholarships for local private high schools. [/b]

Below the high school level, it's not called a merit scholarship but the FA decision is often not *solely* about need, which makes a segment of DCUM crazy but is true nonetheless. Schools use FA to keep students they want to keep, including those who boost test scores or fill out the advanced track classes.[/quote]

PP.  Only the Catholic schools. [b]Which is not what most of us think of when we say the words “private school”.[/b]

You cannot name an independent school in DC/MD that hands out true merit money to smart applicants as an enticement.  It’s flat out not allowed in AISGW. [/quote]

Really?

Why is that?

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Because most of the public would label these “catholic schools” or “parochial schools.”   In the DMV.  “Going private” in actual parlance with your DMV neighbor does not include “going to St. Bernadette parish school k-8.”

They have an entirely different mission than independent private schools. A different funding structure aided in most cases by a diocese.

But yes, technically catholic schools are a subset of “private” schools in that there is no by-right attendance like a public school.  Technically.  But the not-religious crowd doesn’t think of them that way. [/quote]

So is a Quaker school with Quaker values/mission a private school? An Episcopal school situated on the grounds of a cathedral? How about a Catholic school that does not receive diocesan support?

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Excellent questions!

My kids go to a private high school in the DMV. It happens to be Catholic. I don’t know a single person who would refer to it as anything other than “private.” [/quote]

NP. The person you are responding to is just the anti-Catholic bigoted nutcase that haunts these boards and often derails threads. If this thread gets out of control, Jeff will just delete the bigot’s posts. Of course Catholic schools are private and when people say “private” they are referring to schools that are not public. No normal person uses the definition that the bigot is trying to push.

In any case, don’t feed the known bigot. She will derail endlessly. And before she slithers back to defend herself by attacking me personally, I’m not Catholic and don’t have a stake in this definition personally. I’m just a longtime DCUM reader who recognizes a known anti-Catholic bigot. [/quote]

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