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re: Time for the annual Catholic Schools Closing announcements
Posted on 1/18/20 at 4:05 am to OweO
Posted on 1/18/20 at 4:05 am to OweO
I do not think its a matter of people leaving the Catholic religion. I think it is all of mater of finance. Unfortunately, these type of schools have raised the tuition to attend to where its practically not affordable. I will add this; there is nothing like a Catholic education.
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Posted on 1/18/20 at 4:07 am to LSUFanHouston
I think a good bit is also parents wanting private school education without catholic doctrine.
Not bashing Catholics, just saying the private school structure is great but just don’t care for a specific religion ideology
Not bashing Catholics, just saying the private school structure is great but just don’t care for a specific religion ideology
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:04 am to LSUFanHouston
And another ghey mill bites the dust
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:17 am to LSUFanHouston
Not surprising. Terrytown has become little Tegucigalpa.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:59 am to Modern
Not to mention.... Have you checked the cost to send one kid to catholic school? I'm talking just k-8th lets not think about 9-12 yet. k-8 will run a young family about 30 grand in BR for one kid. I can't imagine what it is in Nola.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 7:47 am to Fat and Happy
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I think a good bit is also parents wanting private school education without catholic doctrine.
That’s not the problem on the West Bank. West Bank problem is that it’s become a poor area. White middle class has left, and that’s who supported catholic schools. Not many young families move in. Place looks totally different than it used to.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 7:47 am to notiger1997
What has gotten significantly better in Orleans? Many of those charter schools are subpar. They tweak their stats to look better. The problem with the Westbank is the demographic change, the money has moved away. The same goes for all of Jefferson to a lesser degree.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 7:52 am to BarryMcCokner
I hope my son sticks it out, but damn...an all boys school from 7th-12th...ugh. Most of the girls in the all girls school next door he’s either been in school with since pre-k, or they went somewhere even snobbier.
The boys aren’t particularly friendly with each other since everyone’s in sports and they just compete nonstop. IDK, I’ll probably tell him no about going public in 8th, but if he really wants to in high school I think it may be a valuable enough learning experience to let him.
ETA: $300/month is cheap, double that here to 6th, triple from then on. That still doesn’t touch NOLA.
The boys aren’t particularly friendly with each other since everyone’s in sports and they just compete nonstop. IDK, I’ll probably tell him no about going public in 8th, but if he really wants to in high school I think it may be a valuable enough learning experience to let him.
ETA: $300/month is cheap, double that here to 6th, triple from then on. That still doesn’t touch NOLA.
This post was edited on 1/18/20 at 7:57 am
Posted on 1/18/20 at 7:53 am to LSUFanHouston
Do the ones moving to public go to Catachism on Wednesday afternoons ? That’s what they all did when I was in school many decades ago.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 9:00 am to BarryMcCokner
quote:It's about 5k per year k-7. It's about 10k per year for HS in the metro new Orleans area. I've got two in HS and one in k-8. It's worth it.
k-8 will run a young family about 30 grand in BR for one kid. I can't imagine what it is in Nola.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 9:08 am to OweO
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Business seems to be down across the board in the Catholic church.
This is definitely true in the United States but not true every where else in the world. For instance, in South America, the Catholic Church is undergoing something of a Renaissance and the worldwide Catholic population is expected to grow to 1.63 billion by 2050.
This post was edited on 1/18/20 at 9:09 am
Posted on 1/18/20 at 9:13 am to Jake88
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What has gotten significantly better in Orleans?
For one Lusher kind of started getting kids from uptown private schools.
Hynes in Lakeview is a very good charter school and I know at least five families that send there kids there that would traditionally be a catholic school family.
There is another one that is doing decent too, but I can't think of the name right now.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 11:35 am to notiger1997
Lusher has always been good and the others are a small number. I have a relative who teaches in a charter school and they massage their stats.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 1:01 pm to Jake88
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It's about 5k per year k-7. It's about 10k per year for HS in the metro new Orleans area. I've got two in HS and one in k-8. It's worth it.
This is a really good value when compared to the cost of Catholic education in many other cities / metro areas.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 1:15 pm to biglego
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That’s not the problem on the West Bank. West Bank problem is that it’s become a poor area. White middle class has left, and that’s who supported catholic schools. Not many young families move in. Place looks totally different than it used to.
It's very noticeable to me, loss of the Naval Support Activity has also affected the demographics of the West Bank....Algiers Point and Old Gretna are holding on very well, but with the public school options available to them, why send your kids to Catholic school...
Posted on 1/18/20 at 1:17 pm to NWHoustonTiger
Starts with the overbloated ominous big government So much money is needed for government workers and their early retirements that the people dont get services anymore. Taxes are continually going up and everything is overpriced. Need to keep bug government happy. Back in the day with a much smaller government, my parents sent many many kids to catholic schools on one income with no problem. I almost all problems are due to big government
Posted on 1/18/20 at 1:22 pm to vl100butch
Demographics have definitely changed. Nearly all of the large apartment complexes on the Wank are ghetto shitholes and a lot of the single homes are full of renters now. Gretna/Terrytown have become a lot more Hispanic while Harvey is starting to look like NOLA East. Belle Chasse, Old Gretna and Algiers Point are still decent though.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 1:22 pm to vl100butch
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Algiers Point and Old Gretna are holding on very well,
Islands in a sea of bleh.
The West Bank was never super high brow but it was fine. local businesses, a couple of malls, and a middle class to support numerous private schools. It’s sad to see how nail salons and check cashing stores have taken over every strip mall. Every time I go back there’s another change for the worse.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 1:45 pm to LSUFanHouston
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I imagine St. Cletus will be the beneficiary here of some additional students.
Jefferson Parish magnet schools and improving NOLA charter schools claim another casualty.
Rapidly shrinking catholic school demographic
Posted on 1/18/20 at 1:56 pm to biglego
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Islands in a sea of bleh.
The West Bank was never super high brow but it was fine. local businesses, a couple of malls, and a middle class to support numerous private schools. It’s sad to see how nail salons and check cashing stores have taken over every strip mall. Every time I go back there’s another change for the worse.
the West Bank I knew was very much working class, there were good jobs along Peters Road and at Avondale among other places as well as dairy farms, we used to get our milk from a cousin whose dairy was three blocks from us on 21st st in Gretna....
...my father had a good career on the towboats of Freeport Sulphur and most of my uncles made decent livings...most of that ain't 'dere no more and with the Section 8 apartments, what I knew is gone forever...
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