Keeping Up With Old Friends Thread

SJU85 said:
Joins St. Nicholas of Tolentine (Bronx- Mike Moses, Malik Sealy), Rice (Manhattan - Kyle Cuffe) Power Memorial (Manhattan - Chris Mullin and Jayson Williams who both finished elsewhere, Jayson due to the school closing) and Bishop Ford (Brooklyn - Glenn Braica).
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Very very sad.
For those in the know is it the cost, the dimished importance of going to a private school, a combo or anything else ?
Thank you.
 
redmannorth said:
Very very sad.
For those in the know is it the cost, the dimished importance of going to a private school, a combo or anything else ?
Thank you.
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It’s a lot of factors. Here are some IMHO, in no particular order:
  • More lay people teaching than Priest, Nuns, Brothers and Friars so your cost in staffing has gone way up not to mention other overhead costs.
  • Aging facilities and the need to upgrade and not having the financial resources to keep up.
  • Less financial support from either the Diocese or the religious organizations that run the school
  • Less people going to church leading to a reduction of people having the desire to send their offspring to a religious institution
  • Increased tuition which parent have a need to pay in full without financial help that might have been available in the past.
There are at least three here on LI that have closed in the last ten years (not even going into the whole Maria Regina, St. Agnes, Holy Family, St. Anthony’s from 30 years ago) including one pretty prestigious all girl’s school.
 
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SJU85 said:
It’s a lot of factors. Here are some IMHO, in no particular order:
  • More lay people teaching than Priest, Nuns, Brothers and Friars so your cost in staffing has gone way up not to mention other overhead costs.
  • Aging facilities and the need to upgrade and not having the financial resources to keep up.
  • Less financial support from either the Diocese or the religious organizations that run the school
  • Less people going to church leading to a reduction of people having the desire to send their offspring to a religious institution
  • Increased tuition which parent have a need to pay in full without financial help that might have been available in the past.
There are at least three here on LI that have closed in the last ten years (not even going into the whole Maria Regina, St. Agnes, Holy Family, St. Anthony’s from 30 years ago) including one pretty prestigious all girl’s school.
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And unwillingness of politicians to support vouchers.
 
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