Public School? Catholic School? Christian School? Charter/Private School?

I was actually thinking about this because of a discussion I was having with my hair dresser yesterday (yes, my cut and color looks fabulouso!) . She is pregnant with her first child and her and her husband's biggest arguement is do they sent their kids to public school or the Christian school? (They are Protestants). She went to the local Christian school and had excellent formation because all of her friends and their families were raising their kids basically the same way-according to Scripture and having a relationship with Jesus Christ ("being saved" as it were). Her husband went to the public schools and said that it was an opportunity for him to be a light in the darkeness, to witness to others about his faith, supported by other Christians who went to the public school.

Over at Dom's site we got a bit off track on the original topic. Someone wondered if we are still bound to sent our kids to the Catholic schools. I had never heard of this, but someone mentioned sending kids to the Christian schools.

One woman stated: "A conservative Christian school would teach children to be conservative Christians, but they would all be Baptists or other denominations, not Catholic". I disagreed because I went to a Christian school because the local Catholic school was a bastion for dissent and the joke was that you couldn't tell a Catholic school kid from a public school kid-the behavior was just about the same.

In fact, going to the mostly Protestant Christian school probably helped me stay Catholic because of all the questions I got.

I don't know what I'll do with my kids. Maybe just wait and see what is best for each kid?