Archdiocese of Chicago Slating Schools for Closure

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 4:47 pm by Lisa M. Hendey

Archdiocese of Chicago Slating Schools for Closure 2015-03-12T16:47:45-07:00 Lisa M. Hendey

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Sad news emerging from the Archdiocese of Chicago, on the heals of yesterday’s dramatic letter to the faithful from Cardinal George, that at least six Catholic schools are slated for closure.

From the Chicago Tribune today:

Six elementary schools in the Chicago Archdiocese are slated to close at the end of the school year, and more could join that list before the end of the month, officials said Thursday.

Sister Mary Paul McCaughey, superintendent of Chicago Catholic schools, said the need to cut $10 million from the schools budget next year gives the archdiocese very little flexibility. She said she is urging parents to find new schools for their children.

“Right or wrong we don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up,” McCaughey told the Tribune. “We want it to be very solid. We don’t want any bitterness. We don’t want to be sitting back at the table with the same schools next year.”

McCaughey said she had hoped to give schools more time to increase enrollment and revenue. But the archdiocese simply could not afford the same level of subsidies for another school year.

“We are being hard-nosed because these are the savings that have to be achieved,” she said. Read more…

I look at this story as the member of a diocesan school advisory board who had to take a difficult vote last year on this very topic. Seeing any Catholic school close is heartbreaking. I’ve searched the Archdiocesan website for official remarks on the school closings but am not finding any information — if you do, please include a link in the comments section below.

A question for you: Did you or do your children attend Catholic schools? What is the health of the school system in your diocese?

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