This is a very interesting thread. A couple of days ago Cardinal Maida shut down 15 Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese, mostly in the city and what they now refer to as the "ring communities," at least I think that is the term I heard used. The way in which this whole thing was handled was kind of tough. I have been told the principals of these schools were called in on Monday given the news and then first thing Tuesday morning it was headlined in one of the newspapers.
There are now no Catholic Highschools for girls in Detroit. They have to travel pretty far to get to one. At the original meeting with the principals, when asked what these young women were suppose to do Cardinal Maida suggested they go to public school! But, my understanding is they are shutting public schools down as well and that it is becoming very difficult to get an education in Detroit.
Some are thinking of opening Charter schools, I have been told that in Michigan you can have a Catholic Charter school but the state still supplies the money so I'm not so sure how this can be. Perhpas the situation has become bad enough for the voters to go for public funds being used for religious schools. It is a real big problem and has been one in this city for many years. To be fair Cardinal Maida tried repeatedly to get help for the failing Catholic school system in this area.
It's darkest before dawn.
There will be better education once the dust settles.