So last year I enrolled my two children in to a catholic school so they can recieve the best education possible and so they can learn catholic values and morals first hand through school. I had to work 3 jobs just to afford it. We just got notices that tuition has gone up for next year. I did apply for tuition assistance and recieved 400.00. However I still will be paying 800 a month... and that is just not possible for me. I already work three jobs. Is there any other places I can apply for help? Thanks!!!
Jaketorenme, I see this is your first post. So first of all, welcome! I hope you will hang around after you get you questions answered.
I have some thoughts to share with you and some questions:
You said:
so they can learn catholic values and morals first hand through school.
1, don't they learn that in your home?
2, most likely the school you send them to does not have Catholic values and morals. That is why we are all asking what catholic shool is it. Who runs it? Is it a diocesan one, my advice to you would be pull them out and teach them yourselves.
3, If the answer to 1 is yes, then your children will pretty soon be torn between what you teach them and the school teaches, because they are most likely diametrically opposed to each other.
I had to work 3 jobs just to afford it. We just got notices that tuition has gone up for next year. ...However I still will be paying 800 a month... and that is just not possible for me.
This is insanity, or at least will lead there.
Catholic schools, in my country, were started in order to educate the poor children who would otherwise have remained illiterate, by poor women who worked miracles with little or no money in difficult housing conditions. They worked well in both academically and spiritually.
If you are having to pay $(?)800 a month you are being fleeced by money hungry dealers. True Catholic educators would make exceptions for those who cannot afford the fees, in order to ensure as many children as possible are educated in the faith.
But nowadays, there is little faith and most "catholic" schools do not have it and cannot teach it.
Is there any other places I can apply for help?
Have you told the principal your predicament? Do so, and see the reaction. If s/he is truly Catholic, s/he will do as much as possible to save a marriage. (It must be under stress in your situaltion.) How much time can you possibly have for family life? God did not mean you for slavery!
You need to get your facts and your priorites right.
Think about homeschooling and ask here. There are plenty here who can help.