[valribeiro]

I am moving to Vegas in two months. I looked into Our Lady of Las Vegas for elemenatry school for my boys. Does anybody know about this school? Suggest another one?
I tried the public schools but they said any public school in Nevada can't afford tours. So how can I trust in a school to send my boys if I can't see how it looks inside?
I tried the private schools, I loved them, but too expensive.
OLLV is very religious but I tought to start until I get to know the other schools better. Please help me????

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by valribeiro

I am moving to Vegas in two months. I looked into Our Lady of Las Vegas for elementary school for my boys. Does anybody know about this school? Suggest another one?
I tried the public schools but they said any public school in Nevada can't afford tours. So how can I trust in a school to send my boys if I can't see how it looks inside?
I tried the private schools, I loved them, but too expensive.
OLLV is very religious but I thought to start until I get to know the other schools better. Please help me????

What are you looking for in the school? Facilities or what the students look like? Nothing wrong with any of the buildings. But if you decide to live in a nice neighborhood, then the other kids will be as nice as yours are. There is nothing wrong with education in Las Vegas that sending all the illegal aliens back to their own countries wouldn't cure, or at least teach them to primarily use English, and teach the parents that are uneducated the value of education for their kids. Then there is the "problem", if that's what it is, of our local kids knowing that in the blue collar world of the hospitality industry, they can make six figures without a high school diploma.

Twenty years ago our Hispanic population was about 8%, and was mostly Las Vegas natives who had never spoken Spanish or been to a Spanish speaking country in their lives. I also know many well educated, smarter than I am, Hispanic people from other countries. But now we have a 29% Hispanic population, and the majority speak Spanish as their first language. Hard to educate people that can't understand you. You can't sing the tune if you don't know the words. Ad to that the Asian population that I think is about 12%.

I do know people at Our Lady of Las Vegas, and it's in a great neighborhood which is surrounded by poorer neighborhoods; but it's a good school. Interestingly, but probably doesn't affect the school, it's within a block or two of some the richest, most powerful, people in town. Ted Binion of Binion's Horseshoe, was murdered (or killed himself, depending on which defendant you believe) nearby, and I think that was the church or school where a priest fell in love with a secretary, and went to jail for whacking her over the head or something like that. Never a dull moment.

[jfkIII]

I always thought our Lady of Las Vegas was....Lady Luck!!!???

[lvoc]

Our Lady of Las Vegas is an excellent school as is Mother Elizabeth Seaton. Easily will serve well for elementary education.

Both have a touch of Las Vegas...but they survive that. And it is fun to gossip about at Church meetings.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by lvoc

Our Lady of Las Vegas is an excellent school as is Mother Elizabeth Seton. Easily will serve well for elementary education.

Both have a touch of Las Vegas...but they survive that. And it is fun to gossip about at Church meetings.

One had a priest that beat up a woman he was infatuated with, and the other had a priest that embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars ..but I agree, the schools have a good rep.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by jfkIII

I always thought our Lady of Las Vegas was....Lady Luck!!!???

No, that's Our Lady of The Perpetual Slot Machine.

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

Ad to that the Asian population that I think is about 12%.

Are you suggesting the Asian kids are holding the others back academically? That would be a surprise to all the tiger moms and dads who already have their childrens' success vector charting through Princeton or Rensselaer.

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

Are you suggesting the Asian kids are holding the others back academically? That would be a surprise to all the tiger moms and dads who already have their childrens' success vector charting through Princeton or Rensselaer.

Tried to rep you on the spelling, but have to spread. Commonly misspelled. I work in the RPI Tech Park.