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NOLA area Catholic Schools Closing
Posted on 1/17/19 at 11:39 am
Posted on 1/17/19 at 11:39 am
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OLDP started taking on special needs students in order to keep from closing, due to declining enrollment.
As public schools in the NOLA area improve, and Catholic schools gets more and more expensive, fewer and fewer people are able to afford a Catholic education. This is especially true in many of the "older" areas of Metairie, including where OLDP is located.
Special needs children haven't exactly been traditionally welcomed in NOLA Catholic schools. I'm glad to see there are options now, although I wonder how many families with special needs children will actually be able to Metairie. I would assume that most of the Holy Rosary kids are in the city.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans announced Wednesday (Jan. 16) it will close two schools, one in the Metairie Delta neighborhood and another in Uptown New Orleans, to form a new institution. St. Thérèse Academy for Exceptional Learners will open this fall at the site of Our Lady of Divine Providence School at 8617 W. Metairie Ave.
OLDP started taking on special needs students in order to keep from closing, due to declining enrollment.
As public schools in the NOLA area improve, and Catholic schools gets more and more expensive, fewer and fewer people are able to afford a Catholic education. This is especially true in many of the "older" areas of Metairie, including where OLDP is located.
Special needs children haven't exactly been traditionally welcomed in NOLA Catholic schools. I'm glad to see there are options now, although I wonder how many families with special needs children will actually be able to Metairie. I would assume that most of the Holy Rosary kids are in the city.
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Posted on 1/17/19 at 11:45 am to LSUFanHouston
The Holy Rosary kids are from all over. Holy Rosary is actually at the old Our Lady of Lourdes School on Napoleon and Freret Streets. The parish has been closed and the church up for sale for a good while, now.
I am not certain how well-kept the old OLL school plant is. OLDP is likely in much better shape, and in my estimation there is a better than even possibility that a good portion of the H.R. kids are from Metairie. This is a good shout for OLDP to remain open and useful.
Immaculate Conception in Marrero had a special needs component well into the 1980s then closed it.
I am not certain how well-kept the old OLL school plant is. OLDP is likely in much better shape, and in my estimation there is a better than even possibility that a good portion of the H.R. kids are from Metairie. This is a good shout for OLDP to remain open and useful.
Immaculate Conception in Marrero had a special needs component well into the 1980s then closed it.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 11:51 am to RedPop4
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and in my estimation there is a better than even possibility that a good portion of the H.R. kids are from Metairie
Interesting.
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This is a good shout for OLDP to remain open and useful.
I am assuming that this new school will be directly run by the archdiocese, and not as a parish school? I wonder what kind of support / control the parish will have over the school. Fairs, pastor, etc.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:20 pm to LSUFanHouston
I always wonder how my grammar school will fare. It's an older area of Metairie and last I heard enrollment had dropped.
Seems like Metairie has lost its luster and that everyone has to be in Orleans parish. Schools, Mardi Gras to name a few.
Hate to see the great Catholic schools of NOLA in any kind of trouble.
Seems like Metairie has lost its luster and that everyone has to be in Orleans parish. Schools, Mardi Gras to name a few.
Hate to see the great Catholic schools of NOLA in any kind of trouble.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:24 pm to PureMetairie
Yeah, I wonder how some in the older neighborhoods are making it in Metairie. St. Angela was struggling badly a while back and I think even took in voucher kids for a while, which didn't go well.
St. Christopher was doing bad as well.
Nola and Jefferson Parish magnet and charter schools are def. hurting them.
St. Christopher was doing bad as well.
Nola and Jefferson Parish magnet and charter schools are def. hurting them.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:25 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:changing demographics in NOLA more than improving schools..
As public schools in the NOLA area improve, and Catholic schools gets more and more expensive, fewer and fewer people are able to afford a Catholic education. This is especially true in many of the "older" areas of Metairie, including where OLDP is located.
also private school enrollment nationwide declining and rapidly(has been for 2 plus decades.... the demographic that sends it's kids to private schools is shrinking and having less kids...
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:37 pm to choupiquesushi
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also private school enrollment nationwide declining and rapidly(has been for 2 plus decades.... the demographic that sends it's kids to private schools is shrinking and having less kids...
I feel like private school and charter school enrollment has gone up, but parochial enrollment has been on the decline for more than two decades.
Parochial schools lean on the religious exemption and have always been held to inferior standards. The reason why they are so cheap. Private schools in most places start at $20K plus a year.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:41 pm to LSUFanHouston
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As public schools in the NOLA area improve
Wait, what?
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Catholic schools gets more and more expensive, fewer and fewer people are able to afford a Catholic education.
This part is very true. Catholic school ain't cheap especially in the NOLA area.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:42 pm to LSUFanHouston
I went to St. Benilde, in Metairie, and I know they only use the first floor now due to lack of enrollment. Things went to shite, for Catholic schools, once the nuns went back to Ireland.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:42 pm to choupiquesushi
My Grammar School is closed. Holy Cross School has rebuilt on the old campuses of St. Francis Cabrini Grammar school and Redeemer High.
My children will be going from Catholic Grammar to Catholic High school next year. Tuition will double to $20K/year.
There are more expensive schools out there, but not too many of them.
I do believe the education is worth it.
My children will be going from Catholic Grammar to Catholic High school next year. Tuition will double to $20K/year.
There are more expensive schools out there, but not too many of them.
I do believe the education is worth it.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:47 pm to Jp1LSU
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Parochial schools lean on the religious exemption and have always been held to inferior standards.
Meh, I would still put most of them higher then your average public school in the area.
St. Catherine is a damn good school and even has had a waiting list to get in for recent years. St. Matthews and St. Francis are pretty good.
I have three friends who would be the normal catholic school family who have their young kids in the nice public school in Lakeview. Lot's of parents are making choices like that.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:47 pm to LSUFanHouston
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As public schools in the NOLA area improve
oh really?
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:53 pm to Jp1LSU
quote:private school and parochial school enrollment is plummeting. I was on a school board for a parochial school for 8 years - and it is a national trend
I feel like private school
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:54 pm to LSUFanHouston
NB4 this turns into a Jesuit shitshow.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:05 pm to tigerinthebueche
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oh really?
Audubon just opened an additional campus and Hynes is opening another next year. Both A-rated charters.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:06 pm to LSUFanHouston
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As public schools in the NOLA area improve
No.
In Jefferson Parish, the Advanced Studies schools are putting a hurt on the catholic schools. My son did go to a catholic school and is now in an Advanced Studies school. Half the kids came from catholic schools. Aside from AS schools, the other public schools are terrible. I would’ve left him in catholic school had he not gotten in.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:08 pm to tigerinthebueche
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oh really?
Schools in NOLA are improving. They might not be where we want them, but they are definitely improving.
Catholic schools in NOLA depended on two things.
1) Really, really bad/unsafe public schools
2) A desire for a religious education
A lot of NOLA catholic schools offered, at best, a below average to average education in the ole 3 R's. I remember even in junior high doing homework at my friend's house (who went to Roosevelt, which was terrible) and being surprised at how much further along they were than we were.
I experienced this myself as a parent. My kids went to a Catholic grammar school for 1st and 2nd grade, and then transferred to a public school for third. It took her a semester to catch up, and that was with me and my wife (no pics) helping her every night.
But the public schools are getting relatively safer. The expansion of magnet and charter schools have provided more options. Our society doesn't place as much emphasis on organized religion. And, as prices continue to skyrocket for Catholic schools, many parents are deciding the difference, if any, between Catholic and public isn't worth the cost.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:09 pm to crownNbull
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In Jefferson Parish, the Advanced Studies schools are putting a hurt on the catholic schools.
Are those schools not public schools?
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:10 pm to LSUFanHouston
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in the Metairie Delta neighborhood
I didn't know Metairie had a delta.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:12 pm to choupiquesushi
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private school and parochial school enrollment is plummeting. I was on a school board for a parochial school for 8 years - and it is a national trend
I think you have to look at private (non-parochial) schools differently. There's really two categories
1) The schools for the wealthy (Newman, St Martin's, Country Day, etc) - these schools are fine and will continue to be fine as there will always be rich people to send their kids to these schools
2) The private schools that aren't for the wealthy (Ecole, Lynn Oaks, Ridgewood, Lake Castle, etc) - these schools are suffering from the same issues that the parochial schools are suffering from.
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