[ArrogantBustard]

That may be the case in some cities. I don't know... I do know that even the "urban" Catholic schools is Washington, DC, Montgomery Co. and Prince George's Co. have long waiting lists. In the suburbs in Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William Counties, they're building as fast as the planning commission bozos will let them.

Nina: The 'other' new high school will be in Loudon County.

[nina0113]

I have this fantasy of winning the lottery and calling up the Bishop's office and saying I need to speak to him right now.

And when the receptionist says, "Oh, yes, and who do you think YOU are?" (not that she would ever actually say anything so rude, but, hey, it's MY fantasy), I respond "I'm the woman who just won $300 million in the lottery and I want to build some schools!"

[buwaya]

Conditions differ, no doubt.

I understand places like New York and Cincinnati and San Francisco have excess capacity in parochials.

Perhaps the important factor is whether a city had a large urban Catholic population 50 years ago. I don't think Washington was one of these.