Saint Thomas More Academy in Kent County [Delaware] to Close

WBOC-TV Salisbury, MD ^ | 2/25/20 | Tom Lehman

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MAGNOLIA, Del.- Saint Thomas More Academy, a small Catholic high school in Kent County that has been struggling with declining enrollment, is closing its doors at the end of this academic year.

The news was announced on Friday to families of students at STMA in a letter from Father James Lentini, the pastor of Church of the Holy Cross in Dover.

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Rest of article at link.

AFAIK this will leave Sts. Peter and Paul in Easton, MD as the only RCC HS on Delmarva (between the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the VA Capes).

The Catholic school woes continue...

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[foreverfree]

Yes they continue...

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22catholic+school+closing%22&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

https://www.activistpost.com/2016/12/study-children-100-times-more-likely-to-be-sexually-assaulted-by-school-staff-than-by-priests.html

[SamuraiScot]

Recently, we helped start a Catholic high school with a classical-education approach in suburban CT--Latin, History, English Lit, Math. Uniforms, daily Mass, strictly orthodox teachers.

Immediately, the diocese offered us space and affiliation with one of their declining-enrollment high schools, but still free to operate on our own. Our enrollment has been up 50 percent per year, with lots of new families showing up at every open house.

For trend watchers, in many parts of the country, classical Catholic education is hot, hot, hot.

[deweyfrank]

Sad to hear. The Catholic High Schools above the canal seem to be doing quite well. Freshman class at Sallies is above 250. Wish they had one in Sussex.

[PGR88]

Like all things, organizations need to either re-find, or re-dedicate themselves to their mission - and that mission needs align with the truth.

We have several good Catholic high schools in our area. All of them though, have become secularized to some extent, soft in their theology, in some cases quite leftist or progressive.

So a group of parents got together and rented a disused grammar school for $1, and established a new school under the banner of the GK Chesterton Academy. That was about 5 years ago, and its been quite a success. The size of the student body has grown quickly.

[huckfillary]

In a rational country, Catholic and private school enrollment should be booming. My son, now 23, never set foot in a government-run school. His mother and I very proud of this.

If you love your children, take them out of government-run indoctrination centers.

[Svartalfiar]

In a rational country, Catholic and private school enrollment should be booming. My son, now 23, never set foot in a government-run school. His mother and I very proud of this.

The Catholic school I went to, Jesuit Dallas, is doing great. New stadium, massive new athletics building-ish (attached to the main building), a whole new classroom wing on the other side... Enrollment is about 100 over when I went, And tuition has *only* doubled since I went there. Hopefully it won't double again by the time the kiddo's ready to go :/

I have no idea how selective Jesuit is by the numbers, but I do know it's the best out of the DFW area private schools. Admissions page says around a 60th percentile on the ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) will get you accepted, though that's not the only factor in the process. No clue how that compares to anywhere else, though public HS would, obviously, be down to the zeroeth percentile.