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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But why would those of a different faith tradition who are skeptical bother attending a Catholic school?  It’s not like the schools hide the religious aspect of the education and then spring it on unsuspecting new admits. It’s a Catholic school. If you want religion but not Catholic or no religion at all, there are other choices. [/quote]

Cost and academics.  That was my main reason for looking at them.  I found a huge range in the Catholics from very welcoming to we will convert your child.  Having the basics like textbooks and a real curriculum is always helpful. None hide it but they all had very different reactions to us being not Christian/Catholic.  Sadly, there are not a lot of other choices in that price range.  If there were a lot of us would gladly sign up.  Its basically either Catholics or $40-50K schools.[/quote]

Just as was posted above.

Non-Catholics are interested in Catholic schools because they don’t want to send them to public schools with all their problems and they cannot afford or don’t want to spend the money a secular private would cost.

They see them as sort of a discount private school.

That is NOT the primary reason why Catholics send their children to Catholic schools. It’s a family tradition, they want to see their faith reinforced and they want to continue to build the community that surrounds the parish. They hope to prepare their children to attend a Catholic high school.

In the more affluent areas, the schools are predominantly Catholic. A few non-Catholic families aren’t going to upset anyone, just as long as the school stays away from some sort of “tipping point” that would cause the parishioners to complain.
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