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[quote=Anonymous]OP here - thank you for the many thoughtful and thought provoking responses. To answer some questions:

-The advice to "do nothing" and not make this a marital issue is spot on and kind of where I am. And that's more or less the last conversation I had with my husband about it (yes, you guessed the genders correctly).

-The problem with this approach is that it's not that simple - for a couple reasons:

1. My kid is interested in Catholic school. However, this is an interest that was spurred by my husband driving through the campus of one of the DMV Catholic schools, pointing out that a family friend's kid went there and then introducing the idea of our child going there. I was not in the car during that discussion. And it wasn't something that we had discussed before he voiced this spontaneous idea. So do they really want to go to Catholic school for faith reasons? Maybe. Child is 13 and we are a Catholic family. Perhaps not the most observant but both my kids have gone to CCF, communion, older one is already confirmed, etc. So that's not a hangup.

2. If I do nothing and nothing progresses but at the end of next year my child starts asking about their Catholic high school I can hardly say, "Oh, your dad dropped the ball. Enjoy public!" But I will be honest in saying I am kind of furious about being put in this position (not the first time) where I get to handle all the logistics and admin for something I am not convinced is a good fit for my child or for our family.

Maybe I will research the admissions process and just let this lie for a bit.[/quote]

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