Reply #83: We're talking about 2 different areas of the U.S.

[sarah FAILIN]

I'm JUST talking about my county and here the Catholic Prep school is the best, doesn't mean it's so everywhere. They have a HUGE fundraiser in the spring at the Monastery to raise money for the school and that helps out with some of the costs, but there's still tuition.
The thing is in my county we have 6 county high schools and 1 city high school that's funded under a different school system. When we get the school report cards that show how good the school is doing, they have D's on them for our county schools. Our particular school had a 75% participation in the free lunch program the last time I noticed that and at one time the high school had a 30% drop-out rate. They're trying to change that by making it illegal to drop out before 18 but it's still a bad situation.
My point was that you don't know till you live in an area what the schools are really like and JUST IN MY CASE, the private school would be the best choice. We don't know what public school is like where this kid goes and maybe the parents had reasons for sending him where they did other than religious beliefs.