public school vs private

What is the name of your state? DE (jurisdiction)

question - I now live in NJ with my new husband. I have joint custody of my son, with me having primay residence. i have been told about the school district in which we live, is pretty bad when it comes to the middle school. i have discussed this with his father and advised him about a private school in which i want our son to attend. he was all for it, even offered to help with tuition. i registered our son and now his father does not agree because it is a catholic school. he doesn't care if he is raised catholic, he just does not want him going to a catholic school (i even told him i would pay all tuition). there are no other private schools in the area. Should i just keep the ball rolling with him going to private school until such time as i get called into court?

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Originally posted by coffeemate
What is the name of your state? DE (jurisdiction)

question - I now live in NJ with my new husband. I have joint custody of my son, with me having primay residence. i have been told about the school district in which we live, is pretty bad when it comes to the middle school. i have discussed this with his father and advised him about a private school in which i want our son to attend. he was all for it, even offered to help with tuition. i registered our son and now his father does not agree because it is a catholic school. he doesn't care if he is raised catholic, he just does not want him going to a catholic school (i even told him i would pay all tuition). there are no other private schools in the area. Should i just keep the ball rolling with him going to private school until such time as i get called into court?

My response:

Your ex can piss and moan all he wants to the court. The court won't get involved in the matter of religious versus public schools. All the court cares about is that your child is getting an education.

As an aside, I went to Notre Dame High School in a suburb of Los Angeles many years ago. At that time, we had an even split among Catholics and non-Catholics. All that mattered to those kids' parents was that their children received one of the finest educations available. And we did.

Even the Jewish kids, and the others, had to attend a religion class for one hour each day, right along with the rest of us. No one minded. Hell, we were 16 to 18 years old, and all we could think of anyway was getting out of school that day and causing the "Brothers" all sorts of hell. And we did.

Ask your ex whether the quality of education is more important to him, or the "name" of the school.

IAAL

[HomeGuru]

IAAL, did you have to learn Latin? I did.

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[quote]Originally posted by HomeGuru


"IAAL, did you have to learn Latin? I did."

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My response:

No, thankfully. We had a choice, and I opted for Spanish.

IAAL

[gobonas99]

If your ex was all for your son going to a private school, and doesn't care if he is raised catholic, what reason is he giving you for not wanting him to attend a catholic private school?

That makes no sense what-so-ever to me...

[HomeGuru]

[quote]Originally posted by gobonas99
[b]If your ex was all for your son going to a private school, and doesn't care if he is raised catholic, what reason is he giving you for not wanting him to attend a catholic private school?

That makes no sense what-so-ever to me...

**A: maybe it's some of those priests.

You think your confused, I'm still trying to pick my jaw up off of the floor.

[nailtech]

Tell the EX he should be grateful 'Gods' in that school even if you have to pay for it, because free/public school God is not allowed in... you get what you pay for...

[skyy]

While I have my ideas of possible reasons, remind him private schools tend to offer great education and more individual attention. As a result of going to private school a couple of years, I was on campus enrolled in the college of my choice with scholarships at age 16.