Rustico, like you, I want better for my children. I spent three years in parochial schools and the rest in public schools, and, comparing the two, said ‘Never’ to public schools for my kids.
sdr, I spent my first seven years of life in South Philly (I’m half Italian). I went to school through second grade at St. Monica’s. We had kind nuns who were happy to rap your knuckles with a ruler if you misbehaved. Just what boys need: kindness with discipline.