[Cacique]

This article appears to me to be full of it. At the same time that catholic schools are closing there is an upswing in the number of Madrassas, Yeshivas and other types of relgious schools. A new Yeshiva will be opening a block from where I live next september. And a couple of new muslim schools have opened in the area in the last year or so. The fact is that the catholic population of the city is dwindling (save for illegal mexicans). Where there was once no serious alternative to catholic private schools. other denominations are now opening up theirs. Why send you kid to catholic school if you're a muslim when you can send him to a saudi financed madrassa?

[Tax-chick]

Why send your kid to Catholic school if you're a Muslim, when you can send him to a Saudi financed madrassa?

So he can learn to read and write the English language, do math, and get good SAT scores.

[neverdem]

This article appears to me to be full of it.

As far as $15,000 per pupil per year, I have no doubt that it's true. It was $10,000 in NYC in the late 1990s.

[rmlew]

The flight of the lower middle class and middle class Catholics (ie white ethnics) has crippled the system. Still, I would not completely discount the story.
Remember, many Catholic Schools are not all that religious, while the Yeshivas and Madrassas are.