Our Catholic school is doing great and has been doing well since August. Not sure why OP is so angry about this...

My kids have been in school since late August. We are now talking about going full remote during the holidays, which is pretty nice and cozy actually. Then we will likely be back at school in January, after the vaccine starts rolling out.

My kids are having a blast and are progressing nicely. Worth every penny.

Feeling really lucky that we were able to send our kids to private this year.

I had the deposit down to hold the spot for my dd’s private school kindergarten experience and decided against it. Would’ve been $20k this year. APS has actually been way better than I expected and I enjoy having my child home.

But...I don’t feel any particular way about people who made choices that are not my choices. I just assume their family calculus is different than mine. Different kids, different lives, different priorities.

I do feel compassion for people who are not afforded choices and instead get a situation thrust upon them that fails their children.

Haters gonna hate. Having an awesome year at our private. Thanks for thinking of us!

Anonymous wrote:We are in public and I am definitely envious of those who switched to private. They have gotten a couple of months in-person and will get a couple more come spring. And their online schooling is better than what we get in MCPS. I would definitely have switched my kid if I could have afforded it.

Better is subjective. We've done both public and private. MCPS is terrible on a good day in person in elementary. Private was much better. Middle is much better than all of them as we have good teachers this year.

My son started Catholic school this year. He has benefited from meeting his classmates and teachers in person. He has been able to build a sense of community and has been out of the house 5 days a week for over 2 months at his Catholic school.

Another amazing thing is that he has textbook AND workbooks for every subject. Everything is well organized and he has learned his teacher's system of how they cover the material. He has any questions, it is so easy to look back in his textbooks. I don't care if he is online for Dec-Feb., I can tell what he is supposed to learn, there are set assignments and deadlines. He is finally learning to spell correctly, use proper punctuation and grammar in his writing. Best decision ever. He will stay at this school until 8th grade and his younger siblings will attend as well.

We are in public and I am definitely envious of those who switched to private. They have gotten a couple of months in-person and will get a couple more come spring. And their online schooling is better than what we get in MCPS. I would definitely have switched my kid if I could have afforded it.

My 2nd grader had a solid 6 weeks of 5 day/week in person school when the infection rate supported it, and the school wisely dialed back to remote learning as the numbers went up. Paying for the nimbleness is more than worth it.

Anonymous wrote:Well. We chose a parish school so tuition is $10k (less than distance learning hubs). School is still in person with a planned virtual break the week after TG. Even if we go virtual after that school will open for several months this spring I’m sure. Way way better than zero in person instruction from MCPS plus expensive virtual learning daycare. I’m the one lol’ing.

Same here. Ours is $7k/year (with Catholic discount) and we'll switch to virtual after TG for a week, then go back to in-person if things look OK. Even if we don't, I'm sure we'll back back in-person in a few weeks. The new state-wide restrictions should help get numbers down -- I guess we'll start seeing those results in about 2 weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you are really a miserable person. It’s very unbecoming and just makes you look like a jealous poor person.

Who’s unbecoming now?

Being poor isn’t an insult. I should have been more specific. OP is someone who can’t afford private and has no class.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I’m superior. It’s frustrating. But my child loves school, has a tiny cohort so gets a ton of attention on Zoom classes, and we have a great community. I hope you have that at public, too.

Between the kids who’ve gone private and the kids who just plain don’t log in anymore, my kid’s public school cohort has gotten pretty small too. Not complaining, he’s doing great.

This is true. My kid's NW DC public is down to 15 kids in my child's class. It's actually turning out to be an incredible year.

We also have a kid in a top DC private (older grade). We're paying $49K this year (all-in) and have received 4 in-person days so far. About $12K per day. LOL
I have to laugh or I'll cry.

So, you love one kid enough to pay for a TOP private and don't love the other one so you put them in private.

You are paying for the education and holding your spot for when school is in person.

If people weren't so selfish and kept their kids home we could have been through the virus quicker and maybe all kids, not just yours return.

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are really a miserable person. It’s very unbecoming and just makes you look like a jealous poor person.

Who’s unbecoming now?

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are really a miserable person. It’s very unbecoming and just makes you look like a jealous poor person.

+1. OP is so jealous.

To each his own.