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Anonymous wrote:Still waiting. Class-related emails to teachers haven't been returned and I'm trying not to read into that. Trying hard to have some hope!

Why would teachers not be taking care of their current class duties at this point? All decisions aside, there are still 5 more months of THIS year. It’s irresponsible to not be responsive to current classroom-related things.

Anonymous wrote:Still waiting. Class-related emails to teachers haven't been returned and I'm trying not to read into that. Trying hard to have some hope!

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Anonymous wrote:Like at every school, many of the parents who complain the most are the least involved. I have been working behind the scenes since we were first made aware of the situation. I will tell you that the current administration has been working tirelessly. The school has raised an incredible amount of money in 12 weeks. The school had a huge admission drain under the previous principal and has slowly but surely been re-building. Many of the parents who spend much time complaining are in for a rude awakening if they are forced to go to another school. The attention our children receive is unlike what I experienced in MCPS and another area parochial school. The staff and several committees have worked so hard since we were made aware of the dire situation and I pray for my kids that the school stays open. IMO it is completely unfair to put the blame on the current principal or pastor. There was one parent in particular who was outraged and threatened to pull her child at the beginning of the year because the class size of 15 was completely unacceptable to her as she was promised small class sizes.. As several others have pointed out on this thread, st. Bart’s has both the competition of many other great public and private schools in the immediate area. Less younger parents are focused on religion and current issues within the Catholic Church also don’t help.

You are right- Stop blaming the administrators and staff! They have worked hard and facilitated the raising of almost $1m in recent months! I only wish I could have sent my children their instead of the MCPS school that they endured- Common Core, ugh!
"Current issues", to say the least! Thanks for showing support and leadership ADW & US Catholic Church!
We know where the money went: "Catholic Church Shields $2 Billion in Assets to Limit Abuse Payouts", Bloomberg Businessweek, January 8, 2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-01-08/the-catholic-church-s-strategy-to-limit-payouts-to-abuse-victims

I know. It’s beyond hypocritical. The church saying they can’t afford to keep a school open that’s doing an excellent job educating a diverse set of kids, but they spend money on payoffs for crimes. Ridiculous and pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Like at every school, many of the parents who complain the most are the least involved. I have been working behind the scenes since we were first made aware of the situation. I will tell you that the current administration has been working tirelessly. The school has raised an incredible amount of money in 12 weeks. The school had a huge admission drain under the previous principal and has slowly but surely been re-building. Many of the parents who spend much time complaining are in for a rude awakening if they are forced to go to another school. The attention our children receive is unlike what I experienced in MCPS and another area parochial school. The staff and several committees have worked so hard since we were made aware of the dire situation and I pray for my kids that the school stays open. IMO it is completely unfair to put the blame on the current principal or pastor. There was one parent in particular who was outraged and threatened to pull her child at the beginning of the year because the class size of 15 was completely unacceptable to her as she was promised small class sizes.. As several others have pointed out on this thread, st. Bart’s has both the competition of many other great public and private schools in the immediate area. Less younger parents are focused on religion and current issues within the Catholic Church also don’t help.

You are right- Stop blaming the administrators and staff! They have worked hard and facilitated the raising of almost $1m in recent months! I only wish I could have sent my children their instead of the MCPS school that they endured- Common Core, ugh!
"Current issues", to say the least! Thanks for showing support and leadership ADW & US Catholic Church!
We know where the money went: "Catholic Church Shields $2 Billion in Assets to Limit Abuse Payouts", Bloomberg Businessweek, January 8, 2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-01-08/the-catholic-church-s-strategy-to-limit-payouts-to-abuse-victims

Anonymous wrote:Like at every school, many of the parents who complain the most are the least involved. I have been working behind the scenes since we were first made aware of the situation. I will tell you that the current administration has been working tirelessly. The school has raised an incredible amount of money in 12 weeks. The school had a huge admission drain under the previous principal and has slowly but surely been re-building. Many of the parents who spend much time complaining are in for a rude awakening if they are forced to go to another school. The attention our children receive is unlike what I experienced in MCPS and another area parochial school. The staff and several committees have worked so hard since we were made aware of the dire situation and I pray for my kids that the school stays open. IMO it is completely unfair to put the blame on the current principal or pastor. There was one parent in particular who was outraged and threatened to pull her child at the beginning of the year because the class size of 15 was completely unacceptable to her as she was promised small class sizes.. As several others have pointed out on this thread, st. Bart’s has both the competition of many other great public and private schools in the immediate area. Less younger parents are focused on religion and current issues within the Catholic Church also don’t help.

Anonymous wrote:Desperate for an update. I am thinking that no news is not good news.

Anonymous wrote:Desperate for an update. I am thinking that no news is not good news.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems they would have to tell families very soon if the school is closing next year. They'll already have to scramble if they want to get their children in other private schools.

The entire school and parents just showed up for mass this morning to pray for the school to stay open. Parents have raised over $800k. If the ADW shuts the school down now, it will be because they just wanted to and were being dishonest about the reasons and intentions.

I agree 100%. If the ADW shuts us down now it will be a huge disappointment. We did what we were told needed to be done. We exceeded the goal that seemed almost impossible. They asked and we delivered. It will reveal that they knew all along what their plans were and didn’t ever think we had a chance of meeting the very ambitious goal that was set. This waiting game is hard for the parents but also not fair to do to the students. The older kids are all aware of the situation. Also not fair to the staff who have been doing their job seamlessly under uncertain times. Pretty certain most of the staff members aren’t eligible for retirement and still need to work. Unfair all around.