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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 235396" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Kjs, the things you describe are EXACTLY the reason we did NOT put my kids in the Catholic school system when we lived in OH. Many of hte schools had been in place since before I went to school. They had NO accomodations for gifted children or for any child with any problem. ALL of my cousins went to these schools. One cousin is 1 yr older than Wiz and was reading in preschool and when he went to the Catholic school he quit reading. And no one caught this until he was in 3rd grade. They had no books he hadn't read or found interesting because they hadn't upgraded their library since the early 70's. And he refused to read out loud in class when called on so they just didn't call on him. His parents ended up spending a FORTUNE on private tutors to teach him to read. </p><p></p><p>Other relatives of mine had similar experiences. </p><p></p><p>Here in OK the Charter Schools all focus on something specific and have a very high rate of acceptance into 4 year colleges. Most are math/science based or arts based.</p><p></p><p>Of course our little city has no charter schools. We have 1 private school that is part of a fundamentalist church. nothing wrong with that at all. They are very strict and kids who go there seem very well mannered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 235396, member: 1233"] Kjs, the things you describe are EXACTLY the reason we did NOT put my kids in the Catholic school system when we lived in OH. Many of hte schools had been in place since before I went to school. They had NO accomodations for gifted children or for any child with any problem. ALL of my cousins went to these schools. One cousin is 1 yr older than Wiz and was reading in preschool and when he went to the Catholic school he quit reading. And no one caught this until he was in 3rd grade. They had no books he hadn't read or found interesting because they hadn't upgraded their library since the early 70's. And he refused to read out loud in class when called on so they just didn't call on him. His parents ended up spending a FORTUNE on private tutors to teach him to read. Other relatives of mine had similar experiences. Here in OK the Charter Schools all focus on something specific and have a very high rate of acceptance into 4 year colleges. Most are math/science based or arts based. Of course our little city has no charter schools. We have 1 private school that is part of a fundamentalist church. nothing wrong with that at all. They are very strict and kids who go there seem very well mannered. [/QUOTE]
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