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Public vs. parochial schools

Wednesday, May 9 at 1:49 PM

Kathleen Hill Sheldon of Denver writes:

I read with interest the letter from Cora Neslin defending DPS Cory Elementary School. My eldest son received his ECE and Kindergarten from Cory Elementary and his 1st through 5th grade years at Bromwell Elementary. We have only fond memories of his years with DPS and with those schools. He received a first class education at both, with some of the best teachers around. However, his middle school experience was a nightmare. But that story is best saved for another letter.
Our youngest son is currently enrolled in private school. Yes, we are one of the 12% who opted out of Cory. But not because we thought Cory was a bad school or because we had lost faith in DPS. We opted out because we wanted our child to be schooled in a Christian/Catholic school. Parents of the Catholic faith have been opting out of public school for more than a hundred years. Public schools can’t give our children the faith-based education we wish them to have. Like many families we still pay our property taxes and support the public schools, but we choose to pay tuition to send our children to faith based schools. In essence we pay for public education our children never receive. I have friends of other faiths who also choose to send their children to faith-based schools and it isn’t because they don’t have faith in DPS. They just want their children to have religious knowledge that DPS can’t provide.
I, too, would like to see the newspapers in town consider covering events that public and private school students participate in, that shows the positive things happening in our community.

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READER COMMENTS

On March 13, 2007 New York Times, under World Briefing, ran this headline: "Pope condemns Sex In Media." How does the pope feel about sex in the rectory?

Kathleen Hill Sheldon: You be certain when your son goes to confession that the priest goes first and insist on a chaperon on field trips. RG, your friendly deicide.

Posted by Richard Grimes(Risen Ape)r22037yahoo(ffrf.org) on May 10, 2007 04:31 PM