The Maine Supreme Court has denied a constitutional appeal by five families who wanted to use taxpayer money to send their children to a church-affiliated school.

A number of privately operated daycare services and church-affiliated schools are also available throughout the city.

John Ladds, RIBA, (1835-1926) was an architect best known for his work on churches and schools, very often church-affiliated schools.

Danbury also has six church-affiliated schools and the Wooster School, a private, 63-year-old day and boarding institution for 6th to 12th grade, where tuition ranges from $8,200 to $14,000.

He gave generously for construction of Orthodox churches and sponsored the creation of many church-affiliated schools for the orthodox children.

About 92 percent of the New York City children who receive aid from the Children's Scholarship Fund attend church-affiliated or religious schools, about two-thirds of them Catholic.

When it came time for college, Mr. Ashcroft avoided church-affiliated schools and went to Yale University.

Unlike many church-affiliated schools, theology classes at St. Stephen's give equal treatment to the beliefs of other religions.

As of 2004, out of the approximately 50 million children who were enrolled in American grade schools, 4.2 million children attend a church-affiliated school, which is approximately 1 in 12 students.

"The Federal courts have repeatedly struck down plans that give public money to church-affiliated schools."