Upstate New York was hit particularly hard, with Ogdensburg, Syracuse, Buffalo and Albany dioceses also being ranked among the worst. Click here to see the full rankings.
Of course, responses by the DOR continue to defy logic, as shown by the D&C story:
"We certainly are not happy with that status, but we are turning that around," said Sister Janice Morgan, interim Catholic schools superintendent for the Rochester diocese.
A few paragraphs later, however, we read that "The diocese started the current school year with 4,884 students in these schools, and 3,796 students so far have re-enrolled in other diocesan schools."
That's a loss of 1,088 students for the coming year -- definitely not a turnaround. Factoring that into the current report (without the benefit of projections from other dioceses), the projected 11-year enrollment decline for the DOR will be 45.5 percent, moving it up to the second worst position in the ranking. Does someone need to remind the DOR that we're not trying to be #1 in this race?
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2 comments:
Over 1,000 students lost under their "plan" to stabilize the schools. Can they really believe they look like anything other than a complete failure? Are they running their other ministries into the ground like this?
It was rather convenient how they backed right into that 48% student retention rate. It seems that Catholic Schools are a lost ministry to this bishop and his regime. It's one he clearly never had a care for. Now there are waiting lists at many schools, classes of 25 plus, and no true support from the bishop. If the pattern continues, in another 3 years he'll unfold a similar stabilization plan and they'll all be done. Nice job Clark.
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