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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parochial schools, by far.[/quote]

While this may be true broadly speaking, it looks like Catholic schools are really the low-cost parochial schools (and, next to public, the lowest cost school category).  For example, I'd think[b] most would consider St. Albans and Sidwell to be parochial schools[/b].  According to its website, Sidwell is "a Quaker day school" and they give admission preference to students who are "members of the Religious Society of Friends."  St. Albans is "an Episcopal school with a pastoral commitment to all" and the website describes how boys attend the campus's chapel "to worship, pray, and learn."  Yes, both admit kids of all faiths (or none) but they also both have a clearly identified religious affiliation.[/quote]

Um no, only total idiots who are completely clueless and private schools would call STA or Sidwell a "parochial school."  When people say Parochial school they mean Catholic elementary/grade school affiliated with and dependent on a parish.[/quote]

Either way they are religious schools.  Just because some say they welcome all, several I looked at clearly were not welcoming.[/quote]

Parochial doesn't mean religious. There are independent schools that are religious, but not parochial. It means financially supported by a specific parish, meaning some of the cost of running the school comes from tuition paid by students, but a significant part of the cost is covered by parishioners, whether or not they send children to the school, which is how they can keep tuition lower.[/quote]

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