Maryland is considered the cradle of Roman Catholic education in America, but if that heritage is to endure, decisive action must be taken soon to address falling enrollment at Baltimore’s parochial schools, the archbishop said.
For a decade, leaders have prayed the situation would turn around, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien said. But this academic year, enrollment at archdiocese schools is down 5%, or approximately 1,200 students, according to the archdiocese. That’s the equivalent of four full schools and twice the average decline of the previous five years.
“To punt any further would be to lose the school system completely,” O’Brien said. “It’s obvious that some action has to be taken.”
So this is evidence of the Catholic Church’s apostasy? Isn’t that how it works on T19? Decline in attendance means God’s disfavor or something like that?
I don’t think people have the private tuition money they once had. I also note that colleges in out area are raising tution and borading costs again. I’ll wait and see!!