Talk:List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Which schools actually closed?

From http://www.philly.com/philly/education/136823433.html there was a list of closures but I see Conwell Egan HS did not ultimately close. I wonder which ones actually did?? WhisperToMe (talk) 07:14, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

BTW the URL for the article index was http://www.philly.com/philly/education/137006643.html (still on the wayback machine) WhisperToMe (talk) 12:24, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20120205_At_least_24_archdiocese_schools_appeal_closings.html states 24 schools appealed against the planned closures WhisperToMe (talk) 16:36, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Also http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20120205_At_least_24_archdiocese_schools_appeal_closings.html states that the archdiocese go the % occupancy for St. Laurentian (which they considered closing in 2012) wrong. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:16, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

http://web.archive.org/web/20141021070041/http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-09/news/30607918_1_catholic-school-closings-elementary-schools-annunciation talks about the South Philly schools targeted for closure. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:46, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Letters about this http://web.archive.org/web/20151017075437/http://articles.philly.com/2012-03-19/news/31211019_1_parish-schools-elementary-schools-school-vouchers WhisperToMe (talk) 18:49, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Coaches reactions (HS level): http://web.archive.org/web/20120113072838/http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/high_school/20120105_Catholic_coaches_await_archdiocese_announcement.html

Charts: http://web.archive.org/web/20120602160142/http://media.philly.com/images/cath_enroll.jpg and http://web.archive.org/web/20120602162423/http://media.philly.com/images/high-schools.jpg WhisperToMe (talk) 20:07, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

I found a school listing here http://web.archive.org/web/20071013102854/http://catholicschools-phl.org/school_info/school_listing.htm WhisperToMe (talk) 19:27, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Additional articles about failed Holy Child Saint Bridget merger

See:

• https://patch.com/pennsylvania/roxborough/archdiocese-explains-rationale-behind-holy-child-st-b5c7ba0a599
• https://patch.com/pennsylvania/roxborough/more-details-on-holy-child-st-bridget-s-merger

WhisperToMe (talk) 14:28, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

In http://articles.philly.com/2012-06-19/news/32300073_1_regional-school-parish-school-manayunk a parent speculates on why the Holy Child site was chosen for the merger (to compensate for Manayunk going from four parishes to one) WhisperToMe (talk) 17:19, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Also https://whyy.org/articles/st-bridget-and-holy-child-schools-slated-to-merge/ states Holy Cross and Our Mother of Consolation were to merge WhisperToMe (talk) 15:37, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Independence Mission Schools

I notice the archdiocese does not list the Independence Mission Schools (some Catholic schools in Philly) on its site. Is there a reason for that? WhisperToMe (talk) 21:28, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

I found the answer! I also see https://whyy.org/articles/can-we-call-it-a-comeback-for-philly-catholic-schools/ WhisperToMe (talk) 19:36, 24 April 2020 (UTC)