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Admission to a Catholic elementary school outside your parish.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 9/23/18 at 12:53 pm
We live in parish "A". Active church goers and support financially.
Our parish has a school which he can go to which is close to our house.
Parish "B' has a school as well, but the school is extremely close to the Mrs and I jobs...Also, close to my wife's parents and my parents homes as well.
I know active parishioners get first priority of admission to these schools, but what are the odds of them accepting another catholic kid from another parish?
ETA: I'm unfamiliar with crossing parish lines for school b/c when i was in catholic elementary school, kids from my area was given equal priority as in parish kids b/c the area where i grew up at did not have a church.
Our parish has a school which he can go to which is close to our house.
Parish "B' has a school as well, but the school is extremely close to the Mrs and I jobs...Also, close to my wife's parents and my parents homes as well.
I know active parishioners get first priority of admission to these schools, but what are the odds of them accepting another catholic kid from another parish?
ETA: I'm unfamiliar with crossing parish lines for school b/c when i was in catholic elementary school, kids from my area was given equal priority as in parish kids b/c the area where i grew up at did not have a church.
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Posted on 9/23/18 at 12:54 pm to Modern
If you can write a good check, you get in
Posted on 9/23/18 at 12:57 pm to Modern
Money talks
Posted on 9/23/18 at 12:59 pm to Modern
All depends on the school for acceptance but you’ll pay an out of parish fee for sure
Posted on 9/23/18 at 1:01 pm to Modern
If there's room after all their own parish's kids are taken care of and you're next on the list, they'll almost certainly take you. It's not as if you're a filthy Protestant. You'll almost certainly pay a surcharge for not being an active member of their parish, though.
This post was edited on 9/23/18 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 9/23/18 at 1:03 pm to Modern
It would be highly unusual for you not to be able to enroll your child in the school. They would have to be really overwhelmed with applications from active parishioners.
The reality is that most Catholic schools have large groups of kids that are either non-Catholics or non-participating Catholics, much less active Catholics from other nearby parishes.
The reality is that most Catholic schools have large groups of kids that are either non-Catholics or non-participating Catholics, much less active Catholics from other nearby parishes.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 1:04 pm to Modern
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Catholic elementary school
Don't let your child be alone with any clergy.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 1:05 pm to yellowfin
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Admission to a Catholic elementary school outside your parish. All depends on the school for acceptance but you’ll pay an out of parish fee for sure
Not necessarily. Some parish schools will grant you in-parish tuition if you are a
Financial contributor to another parish.
Can you tell us which diocese and which schools?
Posted on 9/23/18 at 1:09 pm to Jimbeaux
Looking at Sacred Heart
Posted on 9/23/18 at 1:12 pm to Modern
Your kid will be DOMINATED athletically.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 1:19 pm to Modern
I’d guess that Sacred Heart is mostly out of parish students. I’ll check with my sister about the out-of-parish tuition. She sent her kids did there in the same situation.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 1:24 pm to Jimbeaux
cool.
SH is close to our jobs, grandparents homes and he has 5 older cousins that go there too. So that's carpooling opportunities
SH is close to our jobs, grandparents homes and he has 5 older cousins that go there too. So that's carpooling opportunities
Posted on 9/23/18 at 1:26 pm to Modern
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I know active parishioners get first priority of admission to these schools, but what are the odds of them accepting another catholic kid from another parish?
Is there a waiting list? If not, your in.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 1:50 pm to Modern
I would imagine it would all depend on whether or not the school is at it's capacity or not.
This was a long time ago, but I went to 4 years of Catholic school out of my parish. As for as I know, it wasn't an issue at all.
It is probably more common that you would think. I don't know for sure, but if I had to guess I would say there shouldn't be a problem.
This was a long time ago, but I went to 4 years of Catholic school out of my parish. As for as I know, it wasn't an issue at all.
It is probably more common that you would think. I don't know for sure, but if I had to guess I would say there shouldn't be a problem.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 2:56 pm to Modern
These are the priorities at my kids school. Active = Donating $500 the year before you apply.
1. Siblings of current students
2. Children of territorial parishioners who are deemed active by the pastor; children of alumni
or legacy families as determined by the pastor
3. Children of territorial parishioners of a parish without a school or no room in their territorial
parish school who are deemed active by their pastor
4. Children of non-territorial parishioners of a parish without a school or no room in their parish
school who are deemed active by their pastor
5. Children of active parishioners who live outside the territorial parish in a parish with a school that has room.
6. All others - including inactive parishioners, non-Catholics, etc.
1. Siblings of current students
2. Children of territorial parishioners who are deemed active by the pastor; children of alumni
or legacy families as determined by the pastor
3. Children of territorial parishioners of a parish without a school or no room in their territorial
parish school who are deemed active by their pastor
4. Children of non-territorial parishioners of a parish without a school or no room in their parish
school who are deemed active by their pastor
5. Children of active parishioners who live outside the territorial parish in a parish with a school that has room.
6. All others - including inactive parishioners, non-Catholics, etc.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 2:58 pm to Modern
My kids go to school outside the parish
Join, start donating, and keep donating until they get in
10k a year until you get in
Join, start donating, and keep donating until they get in
10k a year until you get in
Posted on 9/23/18 at 2:59 pm to Baconator1
SH’s enrollment is way down. You’ll have no problem getting them in there.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 3:01 pm to Modern
Catholics, man. 
Posted on 9/23/18 at 3:03 pm to Modern
You will be behind in priority to active, in-parish kids.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 3:18 pm to Baconator1
quote:
These are the priorities at my kids school. Active = Donating $500 the year before you apply. 1. Siblings of current students 2. Children of territorial parishioners who are deemed active by the pastor; children of alumni or legacy families as determined by the pastor 3. Children of territorial parishioners of a parish without a school or no room in their territorial parish school who are deemed active by their pastor 4. Children of non-territorial parishioners of a parish without a school or no room in their parish school who are deemed active by their pastor 5. Children of active parishioners who live outside the territorial parish in a parish with a school that has room. 6. All others - including inactive parishioners, non-Catholics, etc.
The way it should be done.
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