European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse 12,025 or High school students. In an interview Bennett said the Catholic schools have not been aggressive like the evangelical schools. I Don t know Why because the Catholic Church has certainly wanted to be aggie save on other issues. I Thirft it would do by Lect. Frankly presenting i sell As an educator of poor children. Than As a in tic of the United slates in Central Bennett s Challenge Drew a Sec Lical response from Catholic school leaders. The Oncea s Mcnamee called in a very creative idea but added i Don t think that even Bennett would think thai in could by implemented entirety and literally in All parts Olathe we do have Many of the potential dropouts problem slide nos etc., in our schools they do very Well she said. Bul in we went out and recruited we would have to hire additional teachers administrators special services medial courses and equipment and so North now the schools would not be Able to survive until four of five years Horn now with Tho Hope thai the municipality or the stale might reimburse for these but she said Bennett s idea might be useful As a jumping off Point or some Pilot projects paid for by Privalo Industry or foundations. Public educators generally do not regard Cal Otic schools As doing them any favors Albert Shanker. President of the american federation of teachers said thai even in the inner cities parochial schools educate a select they Are vids who will sit still who will keep Quiel. Who will bring thei Homework in who will Wear a lie or certain Lype of uniform and whose parents Are willing to Pul up a couple of Hundred Bucks even if t s a very Small amount said Shanker. Catholic and other religious schools have been sly Miod in the courts and in Congress in their efforts to secure More government support three of the past Lour presidents Richard Nixon Jimmy Cater and Ronald Heagan promised Widimir help. None has delivered. Reagan has frequently expo led the Ideal tuition tax credits bul he has Boon unable to Bolam them. The administration also believes strongly in giving parents wider Choice in education but lately it has been talking primarily about Choice among Public schools. The 1965 legislation that provided remedial Aid for disadvantaged children specifically allowed religious schools to Lake part. Bul a 5-4 ruling by the supreme court drove Tho remedial classes Oul of Catholic school buildings and into vans or other Sites of the promises. Minority enrolment in Catholic schools has doubled since 1970 Blacks. Hispanics and other minorities now comprise 22 percent of All slide nos. Silly four percent of the 234,300 Black pupils Are nol Catholic. Studies by James Coleman. A University of Chicago sociologist and others have found Catholic students out performing their Public school counterparts on the National assessment of educational Progress Reading and Waling tests. The Gap Between the average performance of Black and White pupils is narrower than in Public schools. Coleman. In a study on the High school class of 1982, Lound the dropout rate Between the Sophomore and senior year was 1-1 percent for Public school students but Only 3-a percent for those in Catholic school. Valeric Lee a University of Michigan education professor says there is an institutional pull toward academic pursuits in Catholic schools for All students regardless of their ethnic social and academic background that we do nol see in the Public fifty tour Oltha 119 slide nos at most precious blood Are Black. Among them is 13-year-old Adelhia Henson a seventh grader. An the schools i go to close Down she is the third Catholic school that Hap gone under for her. The Rev. Joseph Hughes the third pastor Al most precious blood in As Many years says one reason we hate to 569 our school Scava Here is that this is our greatest evangelization tool.,. Most of 1he people moving into the Community Are Black so it would to a real Opportunity to snarl buiting. Bul we could t possibly Allord 1o Teng in Here Long enough to do anything like before becoming a priest. Hughes was a Cost analyst for the Rouse co. As soon As i arrived and started looking Al papers i realized that of my goodness this does t seem like this is very responsible in a push this size carrying this much of a financial Burden the principal of most precious blood Dorothy Parker says enrolment had dropped from More than 200 tour years ago to 149 this year she cd Pecos most of her pupils to Transfer to is Anthony of Padua school 2vi Miles away. The parishes and parents1 groups Havo arranged a Union. St. Anthony has 416 students now and a capacity of 700 its tuition la somewhat higher the nine teachers on Parker s staff earn from $12.0x1 to s1b.ooo three Ara newlyweds without children but some Are women raising families by themselves. Lynda Miller who leaches math and science to the upper grades had her application in Wilh Baltimore City and county schools even before Tho news came of the closing. Miller said ii Puls a lol of stress on a person. The emotions vary. Ii runs from anger. You re angry because the Hief Archy who appears on the outside to care when it comes Down to the Gul level sometimes in seems like they really Don Miller and her former husband pay is .900 to Send i hair daughter to a Catholic High school she Calls most precious stood a very close family Type school whom god is brought into their life throughout nol just in religion but she says ill be honest it i were in Iho county and Shore was a Good Public school system i d Send my kid to Public she ears thai Catholic schools will turn More into private private schools where Only the Rich will Blablo to Allord neither the paria Het nor via Dlo Celei norths Catholic people at a whole were really prepared to absorb the costs out came about Attar Vatican ii Sitter Catherine t. Mewanee head Ofoia National Catholic educational association Washington. . Erica s parochial schools App hold a May 16,1988 the stars and stripes Page 15
