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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am unaware of any parochial high schools in the DC area.  Do you mean Catholic high schools, or specifically diocesan ones?

Many Catholic schools have long histories.  Their buildings are paid off.  Also, given that their mission is to provide a Catholic education to as many kids as possible, they aren't spending money on bells and whistles.  I know that at the school where my kid attends, there are sports teams practicing in the Cafeteria, and running laps on the sidewalk around the building, because of lack of fancy practice facilities.  The education is fantastic, but it doesn't have the posh feel of other area privates.[/quote]

Umm...Georgetown Prep has a golf course, indoor pool, indoor track, and lighted outdoor stadium with artificial turf. Gonzaga has a full lighted stadium and track, as does Archbishop Carroll.  In Virginia, Paul VI is building a $60M new campus.  All have indoor gyms too. Visi has "an athletic center, two playing fields (including a turf field), and four tennis courts—all shaded by majestic, historic trees." Even little St. Anselms has "an outdoor tennis facility, batting cages and baseball diamonds, and a state-of-the-art gymnasium."  If anything, the Catholic schools spend far more on athletics than the non-sectarian independent schools.  [/quote]

SJC has big donors and underwriting from the founder of Under Armor, an alum.  Their academic, arts and sports facilities are on par with many privates[/quote]

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