[Amelia]

Am I correct that most of the students attending these schools were not Catholic. Their parents did not have any interest in learning more about the Catholic Church or join the religion. Few of the students joined the Catholic Church upon graduation.

You can find some background information here and here.

Apparently the Archbishop here is the same one responsible for closing and consolidating a lot of the schools in Pennsylvania. I believe Twink and Tired of Taxes were complaining about that a week or two ago.

[Amelia]

Ooops! Messed up the links...trying again.

Here and here.

[Twink]

I’m only familiar with philly public and Catholic schools...and a few philly suburban public districts and Catholic parishes, not the rest of PA.

We’ve had quite a few parish schools closed/merged to a regional Catholic K-8 school in my area and surrounding area (South Jersey).

I think it’s sad but understand the reasons.

Some of the students I attended school with were not Catholic, but being in the city, their parents wanted them in a Catholic school: discipline, high academic standards, safety, Jesus as the core, etc. A few in my kids K-8 Catholic school aren’t Catholic but the parents contribute to the parish and school financially and with volunteer hours. It doesn’t matter if they convert to Catholicism. However, we have a waiting list for certain grades and active Catholics are at the top of the list along with siblings, etc.

We’re in an affluent town so our parish k-8 school won’t be closing anytime soon especially with the closing of a few surrounding parish schools this past June.