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Absolutely so, I could not believe it when I saw it. We actualy had a small problem with my eldest daughter, who didn't have a lot of drive when it came to school work. When it came time to enroll her for Junior High, we went to the Open house at the school. We were told by the teachers that they were going to do everything they could to make sure that our child developed into the person she was meant to be.

We then went to an Open House at the local Catholic school, where we were told that upon completion of the 7th & 8th grades, our daughter would have a complete understanding and knowledge of mathematics, english, and science normally taught at the high school level. They also said that she would be well enough prepared to start looking at entry level college courses if she felt the desire to do so. Needless to say my eldest attended Catholic Junior High.

We attended the High school graduation ceremonies for two years at both the public and Catholic schools. I pointed out to my wife (the Catholic in the family) that although the graduating classes were very small at the Catholic school, all but 1 student out of the graduating seniors had full scholarships to major schools. The public school that graudated some 400 students a year had maybe 2 full scholarships, and a 1/2 dozen partials. Grim indeed.