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Minnie · 08-22-2013, 10:14 PM

Going only by what I know for where I live, you have freedom of choice in deciding which way to direct the school portion of the tax. We directed ours to the Catholic school here, when our daughter attended. She no longer goes there, and we haven't changed anything.

As far as getting your kid into the Catholic school system, this is how it was explained to us and we are not Catholic. Basically, you just go register your kid at the school and they have to take you, with one exception - if it came down to a waiting list, for example, and there was one spot left in whatever grade you wanted to put your kid into, the Catholic kid takes priority, so they'd get the spot and you'd be SOL. I think that's probably a very generalized take on things but that's what the principal here told us.

I have no idea if that would change if it was private Catholic school where you had to go through an application process and paid tuition fees, etc. I don't even know if private Catholic schools exist - I imagine they must?

08-22-2013, 10:14 PM	#2
Minnie Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: On your last nerve...:D Exp:	Going only by what I know for where I live, you have freedom of choice in deciding which way to direct the school portion of the tax. We directed ours to the Catholic school here, when our daughter attended. She no longer goes there, and we haven't changed anything. As far as getting your kid into the Catholic school system, this is how it was explained to us and we are not Catholic. Basically, you just go register your kid at the school and they have to take you, with one exception - if it came down to a waiting list, for example, and there was one spot left in whatever grade you wanted to put your kid into, the Catholic kid takes priority, so they'd get the spot and you'd be SOL. I think that's probably a very generalized take on things but that's what the principal here told us. I have no idea if that would change if it was private Catholic school where you had to go through an application process and paid tuition fees, etc. I don't even know if private Catholic schools exist - I imagine they must? Last edited by Minnie; 08-22-2013 at 10:16 PM.