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Amid Pandemic, Future of Many Catholic Schools Is in Doubt
As the new academic year arrives, school systems across the United States are struggling to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Local Catholic School Parents Petition for Virtual, In-Person Learning Options
After the Archdiocese of Miami announced Friday that students would begin the school year with online instruction, a group of moms started an online petition urging the Archdiocese to provide families with a choice. “We want to ask the Archdiocese to empower the schools and the community of families to make the decision,” said one of the petition organizers, Jackie…
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South Florida Parents Want Archdiocese to Reopen Catholic Schools
Laura Rodriguez has reaction from both sides of the issue and why the Archbishop of Miami is saying they will not be issuing refunds.
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Private Schools Adopt Different Reopening Plans, Some Ready Campuses for Students
Reopening schools during this pandemic is a tricky proposition. Both Miami-Dade and Broward County Public Schools have said they won’t bring students and teachers back to their campuses until the counties’ infection rates go down, so likely not until October. But what about the private schools? Today at North Broward Preparatory School, a K-12 private school, NBC 6 found...
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Correction: Black Catholic History Story
In a story July 25, 2020, about the teaching of Black Catholics’ history in Catholic schools, The Associated Press gave an erroneous figure for the number of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago
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Amid Pandemic, Scores of US Catholic Schools Face Closure
Catholic schools have faced tough times for years in the United States, but the pace of closures is accelerating dramatically amid economic fallout from the coronavirus.