re: private schools vs catholic schools in new orleans.

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hey benji

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you have a while before you need to worry about that shite, although it is a scary prospect. I have friends that never touched a drug in high school. I have others that were heavy users. It all depends on the kid and the environment.

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But really. Go to Lusher k-8 and Ben Franklin for HS. Your wallet will thank you.

I love NO high school threads.

You really think Jesuit would have prepared you more for college? As someone mentioned previously, the school is only successful if the student is motivated. I went to a NOLA Catholic school and then undergrad/grad school with other Catholic school grads. The school didn't matter, the work ethic did. I watched many fellow undergrads who went to Jesuit quit for various reasons or switch majors to something less taxing. I saw a B student from Rummel buckle down and ace every exam for four years.


To the OP, save some of your money and send your child to Brother Martin, Holy Cross, Jesuit, Mt.Carmel, Dominican, etc. Then, rest comfortably that their success will depend on your ability to instill the proper work ethic in them and not some unforseen variable that only school x can provide.

Once they're applying to grad school their high school won't matter.

The Catholic schools don't foster creativity?

That's pablum you've been fed by people who want to justify their choice of a public school. Your decision to post it here is not very creative and demonstrates thinking from inside the box.

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Sadahs

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so you're a homosexual who attends brother martin..that is what I got from your post. If you wanted to brag about your orientation (not that there's anything wrong with that!) you could have started a new thread instead of starting this up again after several months

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Archbishop Rummel- Academically, the school is decent. The average ACT score there is a 24. There honors program is strong, but they struggle to get good students. Rummel has gone down the drain. The enrollment is below 800, and around 125 of these kids are either Brother Martin or Jesuit rejects or have been expelled from Brother Martin or Jesuit. Rummel accepts students who have been expelled from other schools for drugs. In my grade alone at Brother Martin, I can name about 7-8 kids who have either left because they could not keep up with the work or have been expelled for drugs, discipline, etc... only to be accepted by Rummel. Don't send your kid here.

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While Rummel was a good school in the 70s and 80s, it's been going down the toilet for a while and Katrina has sped up the process. The enrollment is definitely bad compared to Brother Martin and Jesuit. A lot of the families that Rummel pulled from either 1) can't afford the ever-increasing Catholic school prices anymore and are sending their kids to public schools, or 2) have enough money to send their kids to Jesuit or Bro Mo. I guarantee you if you went to the Catholic grammar schools in the area and asked the boys where they plan on attending high school, 90% of them would say Jesuit or Brother Martin.

Same with Chapelle--decent school in the 70s and 80s, but has been crappy for a long time. I went to Mount Carmel; most of my friends had moms who graduated from Chapelle during the late 70s and early 80s and their moms even admitted that Chapelle was not a good school and that they were glad their daughters chose MCA over Chapelle.

As for the OP, I'd either go with sending your kids to Lusher, Ben Franklin, or a Catholic school. If you can afford the steep tuition that Newman, Country Day, St. Martin's, McGee, and Sacred Heart charge, then go for it. But the schools I mentioned are good. And who knows how high all of these schools' tuitions will be in 15 years.

Very interesting banter. Here in Cleveland metro, my son is in 2nd grade $2400/yr. Top national power high school football/academics $12K/yr i.e. St. Ignatius, St. Ed's. The $2400 for elementary is easy, the $12K for is big. I have witnessed, nieces/nephews, on wife's side, attend both Catholic and public schools. Respectful, polite mean well kids are the norm at the Catholic schools and the exception at the public schools. Motivated/bright/not easily influenced kids can do well in the public system here in the burbs, 98% white if that matters. The chances to fall into the wrong crowd is much higher in the public schools. Sons maturity level and how he deals with outside influences his last two years before HS will determine our path.