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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] OP has triggered that anti SJC poster. So predictable.

To answer OP's original question though -- ADW wasn't established until 1939. By then many of the independent Catholic schools had been around for 100+ years. The history is actually quite fascinating.

There is a ton of choice at all price points in our area which isn't the case in the rest of the country. 
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Fwiw I hope you don’t think I’m anti-SJC just because I’m sharing facts about how student athletes are imported and housed by other SJC families…and all the full pay families collectively subsidize such things.

How would I know this if I didn’t have kids affiliated with the school?

Not a hater. Just a catholic mom who finds some of the choices made by SJC, GC, and other catholic schools interesting. Prioritizing athletes and non-Catholics for the limited seats in area catholic high schools is an interesting decision imho. YMMV[/quote]

“Primarily non-Catholic in terms of demographics” is not correct.

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It’s heading in that direction and soon will be majority non-catholic. GC will be majority non-catholic first, but SJC isn’t far behind. [/quote]

No chance this is true. Show the source data, please. (And I do not have a single connection to SJC)

I also understand WHY schools recruit athletes, and it’s the same reasons colleges do it. First and foremost, it puts the school on the map for a lot of kids. That matters! Have a great team, even more great athletes will follow, full stop. SJC has a lot of Kevin Plank (Under Armour founder, SJC alum) $, so it’s not act surprised that they go hard here! And they should. Good for them. $ in the school is good for ALL students, and ALL programs at the school, not just athletes. Students also want to go somewhere where there is a culture, a spirit to the school. Sports (and good ones, to boot) bring that!

But back to my original comment, even with some (heck, many!) recruited athletes, no way I believe SJC will be majority non Catholic. No way.[/quote]

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