Catholic School or public?

There was no question that my children would go to the Catholic elementary school. Before we got married my husband and I had to make a promise to the priest, the church, and God that we would raise our children as Catholics. I have been very happy with their education at the Catholic School. My oldest daughter has just entered high school. When it came to choosing a high school I left it up to her as to whether she wanted to go to a public school or the Catholic Secondary school (half an hour away in another town). She chose the Catholic high school and so far she just loves it. Most of her friends go there and she has no complaints about the uniform. Now when you get down to money, I cannot help you there. Currently, in Ontario, we check a box on our tax form as to which school system we support - Catholic or Public. The Catholic schools are not considered "private schools". Those are a whole other school system. We do not have to pay extra money to send our kids to a Catholic school. The government doles out money to the Catholic School Board and the Public School Board. There has been some conflict about that of late but I won't get into that. You have a tough decision ahead of you. I have no idea what the schools are like where you are. But I believe that the Catholic schools have more stringent rules and zero tolerance policy. Good luck with whatever you decide.