<p>Our son went to a Catholic high school. I think it was a mutual-admiration type of relationship. Catholic colleges did a great job of recruiting kids at his school. (I think Dayton handed out merit scholarships as a matter of course to over half of the graduates.) And more than half of the kids from his graduating class ended up at a Catholic college. Not sure which came first—the chicken or the egg, but there was definitely a stronger relationship between the guidance staff at his school and Catholic schools than there is with our daughter’s public school. </p>