I would like to introduce myself. I am one of the "rents" referred to in the blog posted below. For those of you who are not up on the teen slang, you may have guessed that "rent" is short for parent. Jaelyn came home the first day from school in tears reporting that she hated the new school the kids, the teachers and the who thing. I have to say that it would be very foreign to have the majority of my peers "cross" themselves and repeat scripted prayers. I was very impressed with the Principal who told Jae that this group was in no way going to pressure or corner her into participating. He did encourage her to say her own prayer in her own fashion at the beginning of her daily religion class while the others "cross" themselves and repeat scripted prayers. The focus of the religion class is to discuss christian ethics and moral issues mixed with some education on Catholicism. The Principal further explained that she did not have to feel required to participate in Mass, just sit quietly, and be respectful for the 50 minutes. In our opinion as "rents" we believe that the life lessons and extremely high academic expectations far outweigh what she has been getting in public school. If I would have understood this earlier, Jae would have been in private school a long time ago. She reports that she cannot chew gum on school property or possess her cell phone on her person during school hours, even in her pocket. Sounds like good discipline and respect, mixed with good christian values is being served up and we are all for it. We are in the process of working Jae's schedule so that she can attend Seminary 1st hour and German 2nd hour at Richland High School and then go to Tri- Cities Prep the rest of the day. The seminary teacher at Richland is our home teacher! The second and third day of school have seemed better than the first so we remain hopeful. Time will tell. The school mascot is a Jaguar, so...Go Jae and Go Jags!!!
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