You are absolutely correct. Let’s not forget that there are many of us for whom Catholic schools are simply not an option. We live in a rural area. There’s no Catholic schooling available here, but we teach the kids the faith at home to the best of our ability and send them to CCD as well.
And if you think that all you have to do to ensure that your kid grows up in the faith is pack them off to Catholic school, you are dead wrong. My brother went to a very prestigious Catholic high school, and the last time he saw the inside of a church was at his wedding twenty years ago. I was a public school kid with a crappy “spirit of Vatican II” CCD program, and by the grace of God, I am the one who is a practicing Catholic.
Catholic schools are great, but they are not a panacea. Kids need Catholic families more than they need Catholic schools.
Worth repeating!