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re: NOLA area Catholic Schools Closing
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:12 pm to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:12 pm to LSUFanHouston
I grew up one block from Delta Playground and played sports there from 1975 ~ 1985. Seems like 90% of the kids went to OLDP through 8th grade, and then went on to Chapelle or Rummel. The other 10% were from Bunch Village and went to HS at East Jefferson. OLDP even had a pretty good Fair back in the day. Sad to hear of it's demise as most of the people my age, 45-50 probably moved to the Northshore and left Metry behind.
I do visit Come Back Inn every so often when I get back to NOLA. They don't serve the best RB po-boy in town, but it reminds me of my youth when I had zero responsibility and life was so simple. Angelo Brocato's 2 sons were my age and lived down the street. Every so often my dad would have Mr. Angelo bring us home a dozen cannoli's which were usually gone by Sunday.
I do visit Come Back Inn every so often when I get back to NOLA. They don't serve the best RB po-boy in town, but it reminds me of my youth when I had zero responsibility and life was so simple. Angelo Brocato's 2 sons were my age and lived down the street. Every so often my dad would have Mr. Angelo bring us home a dozen cannoli's which were usually gone by Sunday.
This post was edited on 1/17/19 at 1:15 pm
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Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:13 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I didn't know Metairie had a delta.
Delta is the name of the playground that serves that area. Why is it called that, I have no idea.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:14 pm to LSUFanHouston
Tell me again why so many of these inferior Catholic schools in greater New Orleans are now Blue Ribbon Schools, and some more than once over.
St. Rosalie (Harvey)
St. Edward the Confessor
are the two that jump right to mind, but there are at least four more.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:17 pm to notiger1997
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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.
St Catherine and St Francis both serve old Metairie, which has money. St Matthew, that would be a surprise to me, I would have pegged them as a struggling school.
Seems like other schools, in nicer areas, like St Ann, St Clement of Rome, Holy Name of Jesus, St Elizabeth, etc) are doing better, although they are down as well. St Elizabeth for example has about 350 kids, but I remember 25-30 years ago that was closer to 700.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:18 pm to LSUFanHouston
This post was edited on 10/1/20 at 9:45 am
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:22 pm to RedPop4
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St. Rosalie (Harvey)
Last Blue Ribbon was 2001-2002
quote:
St. Edward the Confessor
Last Blue Ribbon was 2001
You were saying?
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:27 pm to RedPop4
Blue Ribbon List
In fact, it appears the last Jefferson Parish catholic school to win one was St Rita of Harahan - in 2007.
In fact, it appears the last Jefferson Parish catholic school to win one was St Rita of Harahan - in 2007.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:43 pm to dixiechick
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The selective charter and magnets are killing catholic school enrollment not because they are better... they’re “free” and people like free stuff.
That’s just a dumb take.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:44 pm to chillygentilly
Agree. If they just wanted a free school they could go to the crappy public school nearest them
Posted on 1/17/19 at 1:54 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Schools in NOLA are improving. They might not be where we want them, but they are definitely improving.
glad to hear it.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 2:28 pm to LSUFanHouston
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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.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 2:32 pm to tigerinthebueche
I know several people who send their kids to Airline Park for Advanced Studies. If that didn't exist, their kids would be going to OLDP, St Edward, St Matthew etc... They love that they can save the $$$ and kid gets as good as education.
Catholic educations aren't as important to people my age as it was to our parents either.
I don't think Jeff Parish has high school level advanced Studies schools, so I suspect most of these kids will be at Jesuit, Brother Martin, Dominican etc for high school.
Catholic educations aren't as important to people my age as it was to our parents either.
I don't think Jeff Parish has high school level advanced Studies schools, so I suspect most of these kids will be at Jesuit, Brother Martin, Dominican etc for high school.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 2:36 pm to SirSaintly
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I don't think Jeff Parish has high school level advanced Studies schools, so I suspect most of these kids will be at Jesuit, Brother Martin, Dominican etc for high school.
Haynes and Thomas Jefferson are both advance studies high schools
Posted on 1/17/19 at 2:36 pm to LSUFanHouston
This is more a function of changing demographics than anything. Metaire's days as a desirable middle class enclave for raising families is done for the most part.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 2:39 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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This is more a function of changing demographics than anything. Metaire's days as a desirable middle class enclave for raising families is done for the most part.
I'd be curious to know if the Catholic schools on the north shore are growing.
While pockets of Metairie still have plenty of families, there are also pockets where the kids have all moved out and the parents are still there 30-40 years later. Where OLDP is located is in one of those areas.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 2:45 pm to SirSaintly
Jesuit, BM are the big time all male HS in Nola. What are the big time all girl schools? *no pedo*
Posted on 1/17/19 at 2:50 pm to chillygentilly
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That’s just a dumb take.
Not really. There’s less Catholics having less kids. So the enrollment needs to be made up from non-Catholics that value a quality education compared to the public options.
So when there’s an alternative that is cheaper, the non-Catholics are going to jump.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 2:50 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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. Metaire's days as a desirable middle class enclave for raising families is done for the most part.
You have no idea WTF you’re talking about..
This post was edited on 1/17/19 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 1/17/19 at 2:52 pm to Modern
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What are the big time all girl schools?
Mt. Carmel, Sacred Heart, & Dominican.
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