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Anonymous wrote:I have no concerns. Just answering the OPs question. The people complaining are the older families, who seem excessively distraught that the school is changing. They say vague things like - we are losing our identity. I think they have a group called Save Fairfax. They are very divisive.

If you had children there you would know that there were two reasons for the walkout. One has to do with a teacher leaving and one has to do with allocation of funding for clubs/activities/etc.

It is very odd behavior for you to position yourself as a PVI parent in an attempt to sow divisiveness.

I will pray for you.

Acceptances are coming out soon so gotta try and tear the school down so fewer kids accept = better chance at getting off the waitlist.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have nothing to offer other than that I took a quick look at the websites of BI, PVI and DJO. To PP -- SSSAS is not a Catholic school.

BI and DJO both state on their website the percentage of students who are Catholic. 81% and 80%, respectively. I could find nothing similar on the PVI website, which may be the source of parents' concerns.

The purpose of a Catholic school, especially a diocesan school, is to educate children in the context of the Catholic faith. If the student body is less and less Catholic, that is absolutely going to impact the culture of the school.

I do wonder what the plan is for some of these WCAC schools. My kid is at SJC and the school prides itself on attracting non-Catholics...I think it could possibly be less than 50% Catholic these days (or maybe just around 50%). They don't even seem to really care if you are Christian.

It could be the most liberal of the WCACs...I don't really know the reputation of most. Scripture classes feel more akin to history and philosophy than the religion classes I took back in the day. Not a problem for me.

However, there is some tension with things like CS hours where Sophomore year they expect you to have service to your church...and a lot of kids correctly mention they don't really have a church or they suggest CS and the school says something like "that isn't really CS because that is just what you would normally do at church"...and the kid points out again that you accepted me knowing I don't go to church and I am definitely not Catholic.

Seems like you can either be nearly 100% Catholic or a sports powerhouse...but not both.

Is SJC really only 50% Catholic? What percent is Gonzaga? They are a sports powerhouse and seem to be filled with Catholic
kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no concerns. Just answering the OPs question. The people complaining are the older families, who seem excessively distraught that the school is changing. They say vague things like - we are losing our identity. I think they have a group called Save Fairfax. They are very divisive.

If you had children there you would know that there were two reasons for the walkout. One has to do with a teacher leaving and one has to do with allocation of funding for clubs/activities/etc.

It is very odd behavior for you to position yourself as a PVI parent in an attempt to sow divisiveness.

I will pray for you.

Anonymous wrote:I have no concerns. Just answering the OPs question. The people complaining are the older families, who seem excessively distraught that the school is changing. They say vague things like - we are losing our identity. I think they have a group called Save Fairfax. They are very divisive.

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Anonymous wrote:So, the walkout was protesting a failure to disclose % of catholic students? My catholic H.S. in the DMV (not Paul VI) must've been 99% catholic. I know I was not + one Jewish student in my grade. Seems fair to expect a catholic school to have mostly catholic students.

No it doesn’t.

They lost that when the Catholic Church decided to use Catholic schools as a means to convert local populations worldwide. Can’t have it both ways.

Isn’t PVI in Virginia? There have been Catholics in the region since before the founding. You’ll need a different argument for the local Catholic schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have nothing to offer other than that I took a quick look at the websites of BI, PVI and DJO. To PP -- SSSAS is not a Catholic school.

BI and DJO both state on their website the percentage of students who are Catholic. 81% and 80%, respectively. I could find nothing similar on the PVI website, which may be the source of parents' concerns.

The purpose of a Catholic school, especially a diocesan school, is to educate children in the context of the Catholic faith. If the student body is less and less Catholic, that is absolutely going to impact the culture of the school.

I do wonder what the plan is for some of these WCAC schools. My kid is at SJC and the school prides itself on attracting non-Catholics...I think it could possibly be less than 50% Catholic these days (or maybe just around 50%). They don't even seem to really care if you are Christian.

It could be the most liberal of the WCACs...I don't really know the reputation of most. Scripture classes feel more akin to history and philosophy than the religion classes I took back in the day. Not a problem for me.

However, there is some tension with things like CS hours where Sophomore year they expect you to have service to your church...and a lot of kids correctly mention they don't really have a church or they suggest CS and the school says something like "that isn't really CS because that is just what you would normally do at church"...and the kid points out again that you accepted me knowing I don't go to church and I am definitely not Catholic.

Seems like you can either be nearly 100% Catholic or a sports powerhouse...but not both.

Anonymous wrote:I have nothing to offer other than that I took a quick look at the websites of BI, PVI and DJO. To PP -- SSSAS is not a Catholic school.

BI and DJO both state on their website the percentage of students who are Catholic. 81% and 80%, respectively. I could find nothing similar on the PVI website, which may be the source of parents' concerns.

The purpose of a Catholic school, especially a diocesan school, is to educate children in the context of the Catholic faith. If the student body is less and less Catholic, that is absolutely going to impact the culture of the school.

Anonymous wrote:SSSAS is Episcopalian.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a good school if you’re an athlete. Otherwise, you may have trouble fitting in.

100% AGREE.