Article: Catholic schools feel pressure from public and charter schools.

Byline: Lois K. Solomon

Jun. 17--Kathy Morris, of Boynton Beach, believes her four sons need all the discipline they can get.

So, Morris and her husband, Gary, who both attended Catholic schools and remember the loving but rigid style of education, chose the same for their boys. The oldest, Benjamin, 16, attends Pope John Paul II High School, while eighth-grader Kyle, fifth-grader Lukeand fourth-grader Timothy attend St. Mark School in Boynton Beach.

Morris believes Catholic schools' core values of faith, discipline, academics and creating well-rounded children have changed little since she attended Catholic schools in Jamaica and in Tampa. But ...

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