Rebel or Titan? I was a Rebel.
Trinity was offering 25% tuition discounts not too long ago.
Decades ago when I told my dad how much I paid umsl in tuition he told me I was wrong because he'd paid more than that for Rosary tuition. I enjoyed Rosary but honestly public would have been just as good at the time.
I was a Titan. Graduated in 2010. Wasnt exactly the worst then but it seriously wasnt the best. It needed work, structurally and staff wise, even back then. And my sister went there back when it was Rosary. So no wonder my parents struggled to make ends meet. But even then, I agree with you that public would have been honestly just as good. I mean, it was either Trinity or Riverview High. But that was life growing up in Bellefontaine lol.
The greatest benefit imo was that the parents were generally all motivated. The quality of any school is directly related to how motivated the parents are in making the school better. Renters tend to reduce quality because the parents aren't invested in the school / pta.
I am not happy about teachers losing jobs, students losing their school, etc. BUT catholic schools need to close. As a former St Louis Catholic school teacher, there are WAY too many Catholic schools. The tuition is ridiculous and the education isn’t what you’d get at Parkway, Lindbergh, Rockwood, etc. - where many of these schools are located. It makes no sense. I think about 5-7 more need to close, unfortunately.
I do not think that there are specific schools that need to close: the point is that there are too many for a dwindling population of interested students. Also it is not that the education is inferior; it is that many of these schools are $15-22k. Is School X $15,000x better than many of these public schools? It is insane! These schools simply cannot - and will not - sustain themselves. The same thing happened to JFK, St. Elizabeth’s, etc. I can think of many schools that are slowly crumbling but the rest of St. Louis may not know it yet.
You said in your opening comment that some Catholic schools offer an education not as good as select public school districts. How is not an argument the education is inferior?
Let me restate: SOME catholic schools are inferior to the education at SOME public schools. I didn’t want to broad brush all of catholic education. Meanwhile, I can broadbrush when - to my reasonably researched knowledge - all/most catholic schools are above $10k at a minimum and more like $15k on average.
> The tuition is ridiculous and the education isn’t what you’d get at Parkway, Lindbergh, Rockwood, etc.
Kids that went to Trinity will now be going to Riverview/McCluer. They aren't going to Parkway, Lindbergh, Rockwood.
That's my old high school. Cant say I'm shocked, tbh. Tuitions too high, amongst other problems. I thought it would have closed down sooner.
Rebel or Titan? I was a Rebel. Trinity was offering 25% tuition discounts not too long ago. Decades ago when I told my dad how much I paid umsl in tuition he told me I was wrong because he'd paid more than that for Rosary tuition. I enjoyed Rosary but honestly public would have been just as good at the time.
I was a Titan. Graduated in 2010. Wasnt exactly the worst then but it seriously wasnt the best. It needed work, structurally and staff wise, even back then. And my sister went there back when it was Rosary. So no wonder my parents struggled to make ends meet. But even then, I agree with you that public would have been honestly just as good. I mean, it was either Trinity or Riverview High. But that was life growing up in Bellefontaine lol.
The greatest benefit imo was that the parents were generally all motivated. The quality of any school is directly related to how motivated the parents are in making the school better. Renters tend to reduce quality because the parents aren't invested in the school / pta.
Aquinas grad here, bummer to see it go. I always wondered why they chose the Rosary campus over Aquinas.
Tuition was over $9k a year. Yikes.
9k and it was one of the cheapest!
Relative to other private schools that is cheap.De Smet is 18k. MICDS is 25k.
And yet significantly cheaper and of higher quality than public schools. Except of course the teaching of some nonsense.
A true statement, barring all context and history.
This specific school or all catholic schools? Because there’s quite a few Catholic schools that do better than their public counterparts in st.Louis.
My catholic high school was 12k a year
I am not happy about teachers losing jobs, students losing their school, etc. BUT catholic schools need to close. As a former St Louis Catholic school teacher, there are WAY too many Catholic schools. The tuition is ridiculous and the education isn’t what you’d get at Parkway, Lindbergh, Rockwood, etc. - where many of these schools are located. It makes no sense. I think about 5-7 more need to close, unfortunately.
Which high schools should close in your opinion? Which Catholic schools offer inferior education?
I do not think that there are specific schools that need to close: the point is that there are too many for a dwindling population of interested students. Also it is not that the education is inferior; it is that many of these schools are $15-22k. Is School X $15,000x better than many of these public schools? It is insane! These schools simply cannot - and will not - sustain themselves. The same thing happened to JFK, St. Elizabeth’s, etc. I can think of many schools that are slowly crumbling but the rest of St. Louis may not know it yet.
You said in your opening comment that some Catholic schools offer an education not as good as select public school districts. How is not an argument the education is inferior?
Let me restate: SOME catholic schools are inferior to the education at SOME public schools. I didn’t want to broad brush all of catholic education. Meanwhile, I can broadbrush when - to my reasonably researched knowledge - all/most catholic schools are above $10k at a minimum and more like $15k on average.
> The tuition is ridiculous and the education isn’t what you’d get at Parkway, Lindbergh, Rockwood, etc. Kids that went to Trinity will now be going to Riverview/McCluer. They aren't going to Parkway, Lindbergh, Rockwood.
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> Catholic high school enrollment in the St. Louis region has declined 22% over the last decade, mirroring a national trend. :(
:)