LDS Schools - K-12

[hjorth1]

When will the Church bring back LDS sponsored education K-12? The Church use to do schooling, not sure when "we" migrated away from it and into public schools. I guess thats where Seminary came from?

I'm so sick of public schools, my wife and I are not in the position to do home schooling nor private schooling.

Every other Christian faith has their schools, why can't we?

[Guest]

When will the Church bring back LDS sponsored education K-12? The Church use to do schooling, not sure when "we" migrated away from it and into public schools. I guess thats where Seminary came from?

I'm so sick of public schools, my wife and I are not in the position to do home schooling nor private schooling.

Every other Christian faith has their schools, why can't we?

Even if the Church would have a K-12, it would still be a private school - hence, you'd still have to pay lots of money because I don't see the Church springing for that cost.

There are other options - magnet schools and charter schools are worth looking into.

[skippy740]

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[Just_A_Guy]

Churches that run education systems in the US tend to be either far larger than us (e.g. Catholics) or elect to run K-12 institutions in lieu of getting involved in higher education (e.g. Seventh-day Adventists). I think few in the LDS Church fully understand how horrendously expensive the Church's universities are.

The Church can subsidize higher education (BYU, BYU-I, and BYU-H) to a certain extent because those schools draw from a national--and even international--pool of Mormons. It makes less sense to heavily subsidize institutions that draw from a very small geographical area where relatively few students will be benefited. If the Church set up k-12 institutions in the US at all, it would make sense to do it in an area with a very high number of Mormons--and in such an area, Mormons will are likely to be sufficiently represented on the school board to prevent the local education system from becoming a complete pawn of Babylon.

[annewandering]

We do depend a lot on parents being active in their children's education. In areas with enough LDS people to support schools we have enough people to help keep the schools in line.

If the LDS people in this town left the public school system it would leave a handful of kids still in public schools. That would not be fair to those kids and would further alienate the non LDS in the community.

You can always home school your children. It is probably a better option in the long run.

[HEthePrimate]

It seems unlikely the Church will open new primary-level schools anytime soon. Too expensive, and why do it when we already have a pretty good public school system? IMO, private schools are overrated, and are typically promoted mostly by those who would either profit from them, or who insist on kids being religiously indoctrinated 24/7.

Sorry, but I think that parents teaching their children, and regular church attendance, are sufficient for religious education.

(ducking the rotten tomatoes!)

[Traveler]

There are isolated places where the LDS church sponsors schools. Currently it is mostly in foreign countries where education is very poor. The Church did have and maintain K-12 schools for a long time - up until the 1960's.

I personally do not think it is a question of costs - our church meeting buildings could be used and I believe there are ways this could be accomplished. I think it is a pride and isolation issue for now but I believe this is a possibility we may see someday.

The Traveler

[DasMarcos]

It seems unlikely the Church will open new primary-level schools anytime soon. Too expensive, and why do it when we already have a pretty good public school system? IMO, private schools are overrated, and are typically promoted mostly by those who would either profit from them, or who insist on kids being religiously indoctrinated 24/7.

Sorry, but I think that parents teaching their children, and regular church attendance, are sufficient for religious education.

(ducking the rotten tomatoes!)

The public high school that I attended was an overall horrible experience and my wife and I both agree that we will not be doing that to our children. I first attended a private Catholic school my freshman year but transferred out because it wasn't "cool" to be there. I still received a great education at my public school but the ethics, morals, and kids that surrounded me were for the most part a stain on my life.