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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]But among the segment of the Catholics that are committed to these Catholic schools, it is seen as a thumb in the eye of the group. Or, they assume that there is some sort of problem or a behavioral issue or something that is driving this unusual behavior. The Catholic High Schools have formal and informal relationships with the parish schools that allow the to screen out kids that might be problems.
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If you are suggesting that Catholic families who send their kids to independent schools might have had behavorial problems in the past, you really must have some narrow minded point of view.

For the most part, 90% of the indepenent schools in this area  offer a much wider academic curriculum for students to choose from and have much better resources. If you are trying to tell me, Gonzaga or St Johns or DeMatha have great facilities and challenging academics, you are clearly an alumnus of one of these schools. [/quote]

No. What I am saying is that when the children of local Catholics attend schools other than the Catholic high schools or public schools there's a suspicion among the group that there was some sort of problem and that they are going to XYZ independent school because the didn't get in ABC Catholic school. When members of the group send their kids to the public schools it assumed its because of family finances or that the kids really needs special help.

The Catholic schools can challenge these kids academically. But at the same time, they serve a broader swatch of the population they serve. Even Prep has very bright kids and some not so bright.

As for facilities, I'm not sure they care all that much. That's not what they are focused in on. Gonzaga is much improved, but when its facilities were much worse they still filled the school.

For those that are focused on maximum academic challenge and the best facilities, these Catholics must seem like they are making strange decisions. "Why aren't they more like us?" seems to be the question. The answer is, "Because they aren't".

From your posts, it seems to me that you can't understand why everyone doesn't have the same value system as you do.[/quote]

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