New York City Catholic schools explain the benefits of a Catholic education

If catholic schools are so great, which i don't necessarily disagree with, then why are they closing them all?

Around the mid-80s the bulletin of the Manhattan church to which I belonged requested the parishoners to make special contributions to the parish school in order to help keep the tuition down. That sounded like a very good idea and I told a neighbor that I intended to make a worthwille donation for this purchse. The neighbor asked: "Don't you know what that money is for?". Then she ent on to explain tha these special contributions was were only for Hisparic children, including many who were in adjoining parishes. I suggested to the pastor that my donation be credited as tuition for the children of 3 Irish families I knew, and he reluctantly agreed. Let us unite for the bebefit of our own people.