May of these schools were the vestige of the golden age of Catholic immigration, where each ethnic group had their own parish and adjoining parochial schools. Once the grandchildren of the immigrants went on to live their lives in white collar bliss out in suburbia, these schools died a natural death.
When government gives away a FREE product, government distorts the market!
Government schools are price-fixed monopoly that gives education away for **free**. If a group of CEOs were to collude to do this in any other industry those CEO would be facing LONG prison terms!