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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

Perfectly said. Especially about parents being through primary educators.

Really so you want parents teaching Chem, calculus, advanced maths and science you are an idiot

Catholic schools are for indoctrination fact. You want your Christian values fine absolutely fine. However, do not ever think a Catholic School is better than public, especially with parent input.

Tell us the truth your kids are there because you support racism fact.

You again. Catholic schools are blowing away most public schools now. You are living in the past. Public schools are all about indoctrination. Catholic schools are focusing on academics.

Nearly all the required reading was liberal leaning at my child’s Catholic.

But are they asking about their pronouns?

There’s a transgender child at my child’s Catholic and I had to explain it.

That's the way it should be. Not your child's teacher. And your teacher should not be asking about your child's preferred pronoun. This world is going off the deep end.

Totally agree but am not naive to think that the Catholics don’t have liberal leaning teaching and indoctrination going on as I’ve witnessed.

Far and few between. Switch schools immediately.

The others are not good academically. And since I care about academics, that’s a big, fat no to parochial.

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

Perfectly said. Especially about parents being through primary educators.

Really so you want parents teaching Chem, calculus, advanced maths and science you are an idiot

Catholic schools are for indoctrination fact. You want your Christian values fine absolutely fine. However, do not ever think a Catholic School is better than public, especially with parent input.

Tell us the truth your kids are there because you support racism fact.

You again. Catholic schools are blowing away most public schools now. You are living in the past. Public schools are all about indoctrination. Catholic schools are focusing on academics.

Nearly all the required reading was liberal leaning at my child’s Catholic.

But are they asking about their pronouns?

There’s a transgender child at my child’s Catholic and I had to explain it.

That's the way it should be. Not your child's teacher. And your teacher should not be asking about your child's preferred pronoun. This world is going off the deep end.

Totally agree but am not naive to think that the Catholics don’t have liberal leaning teaching and indoctrination going on as I’ve witnessed.

Far and few between. Switch schools immediately.

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

Perfectly said. Especially about parents being through primary educators.

Really so you want parents teaching Chem, calculus, advanced maths and science you are an idiot

Catholic schools are for indoctrination fact. You want your Christian values fine absolutely fine. However, do not ever think a Catholic School is better than public, especially with parent input.

Tell us the truth your kids are there because you support racism fact.

You again. Catholic schools are blowing away most public schools now. You are living in the past. Public schools are all about indoctrination. Catholic schools are focusing on academics.

Nearly all the required reading was liberal leaning at my child’s Catholic.

But are they asking about their pronouns?

There’s a transgender child at my child’s Catholic and I had to explain it.

That's the way it should be. Not your child's teacher. And your teacher should not be asking about your child's preferred pronoun. This world is going off the deep end.

Totally agree but am not naive to think that the Catholics don’t have liberal leaning teaching and indoctrination going on as I’ve witnessed.

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

Perfectly said. Especially about parents being through primary educators.

Really so you want parents teaching Chem, calculus, advanced maths and science you are an idiot

Catholic schools are for indoctrination fact. You want your Christian values fine absolutely fine. However, do not ever think a Catholic School is better than public, especially with parent input.

Tell us the truth your kids are there because you support racism fact.

You again. Catholic schools are blowing away most public schools now. You are living in the past. Public schools are all about indoctrination. Catholic schools are focusing on academics.

Nearly all the required reading was liberal leaning at my child’s Catholic.

But are they asking about their pronouns?

There’s a transgender child at my child’s Catholic and I had to explain it.

That's the way it should be. Not your child's teacher. And your teacher should not be asking about your child's preferred pronoun. This world is going off the deep end.

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

Perfectly said. Especially about parents being through primary educators.

Really so you want parents teaching Chem, calculus, advanced maths and science you are an idiot

Catholic schools are for indoctrination fact. You want your Christian values fine absolutely fine. However, do not ever think a Catholic School is better than public, especially with parent input.

Tell us the truth your kids are there because you support racism fact.

You again. Catholic schools are blowing away most public schools now. You are living in the past. Public schools are all about indoctrination. Catholic schools are focusing on academics.

Nearly all the required reading was liberal leaning at my child’s Catholic.

But are they asking about their pronouns?

There’s a transgender child at my child’s Catholic and I had to explain it.

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

Perfectly said. Especially about parents being through primary educators.

Really so you want parents teaching Chem, calculus, advanced maths and science you are an idiot

Catholic schools are for indoctrination fact. You want your Christian values fine absolutely fine. However, do not ever think a Catholic School is better than public, especially with parent input.

Tell us the truth your kids are there because you support racism fact.

You again. Catholic schools are blowing away most public schools now. You are living in the past. Public schools are all about indoctrination. Catholic schools are focusing on academics.

Nearly all the required reading was liberal leaning at my child’s Catholic.

But are they asking about their pronouns?

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

This has been almost exactly our family's experience.

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Let's see Catholic schools have nothing on public schools in terms of Math and Science.

My daughter came out of Catholic parochial and tested into Algebra II (advanced) for 9th grade. This is not uncommon. Public schools are screwed...their math test scores are in the sewer post covid.

Honey, plenty of students test into algebra II for grade 9 in public school. I say this as a catholic school parent for the last few years.

Not any more. And if they are, they have lowered the bar so low, they will never survive in Calculus.

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

Perfectly said. Especially about parents being through primary educators.

Really so you want parents teaching Chem, calculus, advanced maths and science you are an idiot

Catholic schools are for indoctrination fact. You want your Christian values fine absolutely fine. However, do not ever think a Catholic School is better than public, especially with parent input.

Tell us the truth your kids are there because you support racism fact.

You again. Catholic schools are blowing away most public schools now. You are living in the past. Public schools are all about indoctrination. Catholic schools are focusing on academics.

Nearly all the required reading was liberal leaning at my child’s Catholic.

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

This has been almost exactly our family's experience.

BS

Let's see Catholic schools have nothing on public schools in terms of Math and Science.

My daughter came out of Catholic parochial and tested into Algebra II (advanced) for 9th grade. This is not uncommon. Public schools are screwed...their math test scores are in the sewer post covid.

Honey, plenty of students test into algebra II for grade 9 in public school. I say this as a catholic school parent for the last few years.

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

Perfectly said. Especially about parents being through primary educators.

Really so you want parents teaching Chem, calculus, advanced maths and science you are an idiot

Catholic schools are for indoctrination fact. You want your Christian values fine absolutely fine. However, do not ever think a Catholic School is better than public, especially with parent input.

Tell us the truth your kids are there because you support racism fact.

You again. Catholic schools are blowing away most public schools now. You are living in the past. Public schools are all about indoctrination. Catholic schools are focusing on academics.

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Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

Perfectly said. Especially about parents being through primary educators.

Really so you want parents teaching Chem, calculus, advanced maths and science you are an idiot

Catholic schools are for indoctrination fact. You want your Christian values fine absolutely fine. However, do not ever think a Catholic School is better than public, especially with parent input.

Tell us the truth your kids are there because you support racism fact.

You again. Catholic schools are blowing away most public schools now. You are living in the past. Public schools are all about indoctrination. Catholic schools are focusing on academics.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

This has been almost exactly our family's experience.

BS

Let's see Catholic schools have nothing on public schools in terms of Math and Science.

My daughter came out of Catholic parochial and tested into Algebra II (advanced) for 9th grade. This is not uncommon. Public schools are screwed...their math test scores are in the sewer post covid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

Perfectly said. Especially about parents being through primary educators.

Really so you want parents teaching Chem, calculus, advanced maths and science you are an idiot

Catholic schools are for indoctrination fact. You want your Christian values fine absolutely fine. However, do not ever think a Catholic School is better than public, especially with parent input.

Tell us the truth your kids are there because you support racism fact.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are considering sending our daughter to a Catholic school for middle school. We had planned on MCPS but are concerned with the subject matter they are focusing on this summer. I have no issue with LGBTQ people or their rights but as a parent, I feel that these types of discussions are my role to frame and discuss at home, not at school, and especially not with preteens. How are the Catholic schools handling these issues?
Also, academically how do they challenge students who need enrichment?

We moved our kids away from FCPS and into Catholic schools for mostly the same reason: a combination of increasingly disorganized and subpar academic instruction and a political focus on kooky left-wing wokeness; the issues are related, as the time/effort/resources that are focused on wokeness detract from the core academics which are supposed to be the focus. We were also uncomfortable with a lot of the political nonsense that has been introduced in schools.

Our children--ranging from young elementary to high school teenagers--are all in Catholic school now, and we are so glad that we made the switch! We could never go back to the government-run-like-the-DMV public school after experiencing a true school community with teachers and a school administration that are responsive to parents and actually focused on education. The main difference is the basic approach of Catholic schools wherein they say "Parents are the primary educators of their children; we partner with parents to educate their children." To the extent that non-academic issues are discussed at all, it's all based on basic Christian values and all very age appropriate. Of course, it also helps that disruptive and disrespectful students are not tolerated, which makes for a safer and more enjoyable learning experience for all. We have also been relieved that the Catholic schools in this area use much less "electronic babysitting" (i.e., screen-time) for students and still use textbooks rather than sending students online for everything like we were seeing in public school.

For the record, my wife and I both grew up attending public school, and neither one of us thought that our children would ever attend private school. But honestly, the Catholic schools of 2022 remind me of what public school back in the 1980s/1990s used to be like -- a focus on academics, no political indoctrination in school, and a respect for parents when it came to teaching values.

It's a bit late in the summer to try to make the switch --- back when we switched, we had to really work hard to find schools with openings. Good luck with your decision and I hope it works out for you.

This has been almost exactly our family's experience.

BS

Let's see Catholic schools have nothing on public schools in terms of Math and Science.