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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Catholic and have a son at an area Catholic school.  But I don't get why anyone would care that some Catholics choose Landon, or what that has to do with the history of the Irish.  First, it's not really anybody else's business.  Second, you don't have to go to a Catholic school to get formation (though it helps) -- you can get that from home and being active in your parish.  If you are a "Catholic lite" family, the formation may not take root, anyway.  And why would parents at the Catholic schools want the "Catholic lite" families?  Isn't everybody better off it they go to Landon?  Not trying to be argumentative -- just curious.[/quote]

I don't know all the reasons why many hold this opinion. I'm just reporting that it exists.

But because you don't care, doesn't mean others do not.

If there are Catholic or Catholic-lite families that choose to send their son to Landon they can do that with impugnity as long as they don't care what anyone thinks. But you can't have it both ways.

But since you have a son at a Catholic school in DC you probably know that the relationships formed at these schools are a life-long associations. Its reflective of this unique situation here in DC that "where you go to high school is more important socially than where you go to college". And while barriers between the Catholic schools -- like Prep and Gonzaga drop afterwhile based on relationships earlier -- that's not true with those who venture completely outside the group.

The greatest surprise to me is that there are families that consider both Landon and Prep. Historically that's been a very, very small number of families.

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