D.C. parochial schools may convert to charters.The Catholic Archdiocese arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch  di·oc of Washington, D.C., has announced a
proposal to turn eight of its parochial schools into secular charter
schools funded by the local government.
In September, Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl approached Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty Adrian M. Fenty (b. December 7, 1970) is the fifth and current mayor of the District of Columbia, having begun his term of office on January 2, 2007. Fenty is the youngest person ever to hold the office[1], and, at 35, was the youngest elected with a plan to turn over parochial schools that are struggling financially. All are inner-city schools that Wuerl has determined to be "no longer financially viable." Wuerl's recommendation would keep the schools housed within buildings owned by the church, and the city would pay rent for facilities along with providing public operating funds. Archdiocesan arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch di·oc officials would select the secular entity to run the charter schools.
The Washington Post reported that converting religious schools to public ones is fraught with difficulty. A Chicago public schools Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. official told the newspaper that the process is possible, but there are "church-state" issues that arise. |
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