[napscoordinator]

the death of parochial and private schools.



I don't think this is true. I graduated from Catholic school and the kids in my family all go to Catholic School (nephews). Mine go to DODDS right now, but will go back to Catholic School when we return to the states.

[jackieaxe]

the death of parochial and private schools.... I don't think this is true. I graduated from Catholic school and the kids in my family all go to Catholic School (nephews). Mine go to DODDS right now, but will go back to Catholic School when we return to the states.

I'm glad to hear there are still some Catholic schools out there but it's not a growth industry. Without being able to pull an immediate statistic I would say there are more Catholic schools closing than opening. For ancedotial information, the two Catholic High Schools in my home town of Waltham MA have closed (St Mary's and St Pierre's) and none remain open. The next town over, Watertown MA, St Pats closed about 15 years ago. My feeling is public schools have become so expensive that it's hard for parents to send their kids to Catholic school after paying a big tax bill to support the public schools. I also think this impacts the parishes that slowly become unglued as less and less holds the parishioners together.