“They feel they have no alternative because of the costs of private education.”
I’m actually not too hot on private education either...as my experience is that they tend to follow public schools way too close (kind of like Romney being liberal, but not quite as liberal as Obama).
There are OTHER OPTIONS for people...if they’re willing to eat out a bit less.
Why the grands are back in public schools. I had a talk with the principal of their former parochial school and heard way too much statist nonsense for that context.