Catholic schools at a crossroads with enrollment

By Jim Jaworski

Chicago Tribune (MCT)

Published: Tuesday, June 12 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT

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If what has happened to St. Scholastica Academy in Chicago illustrates the grand rise and decline of Catholic schooling over the past century, supporters hope Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Pilsen is more telling of its future.

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Mchenry, IL

Tuition for one is $10,000 and the other is $2,000 with most of the tuition for the lesser paid with student having employment with the school.

The thing is the family size of Catholics has gone down. And you cant count on one or more of More..

6:54 a.m. June 12, 2012
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Kjirstin Youngberg

Mapleton, UT

We put our son in Catholic School his first year, and it was very beneficial for him.

Studies have shown girls do much better in female-only schools from puberty onward, so it's a shame those are the failing schools. I know in my own More..

11:33 a.m. June 13, 2012
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