Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Faith in the Future Foundation will manage new Philadelphia Catholic school system.
Continuing a year of restructuring, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Tuesday it would create a new independently managed Catholic school system for area high schools and special education schools. In a press conference at St. Hubert's High School in Northeast Philadelphia, Archbishop Charles Chaput said the Faith in the Future Foundation—which oversaw the mergings and closings of elementary schools earlier this year—would manage 17 high schools and four special education schools beginning Sept. 1. Chaput said the independent system would focus on major fundraising, enrollment management, marketing and cultivating best practices in leadership and education. "The willingness of lay leaders with a love for Catholic education to step …
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Mary E. Rochford to leave the archdiocese in 2012.
Following a year of great transition for Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Catholic schools, superintendent Mary E. Rochford announced her resignation at year's end. "It has been my privilege to serve in the ministry of Catholic education for almost 40 years. A long time ago, when I was very young, a wise woman religious told me, 'Remember, you are only a useless servant.' I have kept that in mind and worked as diligently as I could for the sake of the children and now I leave for the sake of my family," she said in a statement released by the archdiocese. The archdiocese accepted her resignation with "great reluctance," and said her decision was made in order to devote time to providing physical care for members of her family unable to do so…
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Archbishop Wood will remain open Wednesday but also will close starting Thursday if a contract agreement is not reached by then.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Most high schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will be closed starting Wednesday due to the ongoing teachers strike. Teachers have been walking the picket lines at area Catholic high schools, including Archbishop Wood in Warminster, for a week as negotiations for a contract continue. Students have been reporting to school despite the faculty absence. Tuesday, the Archdiocese said students have accomplished all the back-to-school tasks that they can without teachers. KYW reports only Archbishop Wood High School will remain open Wednesday because flooding closed the school for one day last week. If the strike is not resolved by Thursday, Wood students also will not report to school. "There has been some progress in the negotiations …
Cathy Binder
10:39 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
If you want to attract the best you may have to pay your teachers a living wage. Ask your elementary teachers what they make in a year, even with advanced degrees. You will be appalled. The Catholic Church needs to either support these schools financially or the tuition costs will go up. Private schools do benefit to some degree from public funding - transportation, nursing services, Intermediate… more ›